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Ben Wolfgang is a national security correspondent at The Washington Times, a senior member of its Threat Status team, and the host and producer of the award-winning Threat Status Podcast. Ben covers national security, foreign policy, military affairs, the defense industry and the rapidly evolving landscape of military technology.
A Pennsylvania native, he joined The Washington Times in 2011 after serving as a political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa. Over the course of his career, Ben has covered the White House, Congress, and four presidential campaigns.
His reporting has earned recognition from some of journalism's most respected organizations, including the Virginia Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C. Chapter, among other honors.
Ben has interviewed heads of state, chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, senior military commanders, cabinet secretaries, senior government officials, and the CEOs of many of the nation's largest and most influential defense companies.
Ben is a frequent guest on broadcast media, with appearances on C-SPAN, the Sirius XM POTUS channel, and other outlets.
He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

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President Obama speaks at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Okla., on July 16, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama renews push for criminal justice reform

President Obama over the weekend renewed his push for criminal justice reform and again made the case that it's wrong to imprison Americans for nonviolent drug offenses.

October 17, 2015
This photo taken April 23, 2015, shows the Colowyo Coal Mine near Craig, Colo. Federal regulators have recommended that the mine, which has been threatened with closure partly over its impacts on climate change, remain open for now. (Patrick Kelly/Craig Daily Press via AP)

Obama doles out money to struggling coal towns

As his environmental regulations wipe out jobs in the coal industry and potentially drive up the price of electricity, President Obama on Thursday doled out more than $14 million to communities in Kentucky, West Virginia and other areas in the hopes of moving displaced coal workers into other lines of work.

October 15, 2015
"It would be very difficult for Barack Obama to win a third term. He lost independents a long time ago. What's keeping him afloat is essentially the Democratic base. ... we shouldn't forget he lost 5 million votes from 2008 to 2012. I imagine if he ran again he might lose a couple million more," said Lara Brown, a political science professor at George Washington University. (Associated Press)

Obama confident he could win a third term as president

Thanks to George Washington, Barack Obama cannot seek a third term, but the president confidently proclaimed this week that he believes he could secure another four years in the White House -- a boast some analysts quickly cast as wholly unrealistic, perhaps even politically delusional.

October 14, 2015
President Obama made clear in his veto threat that the administration will not go along with any legislation that furthers U.S. reliance on fossil fuels, and that stand comes despite the fact that the federal government's own data have shown ending the oil export ban could lower domestic gas prices. (Associated Press)

Obama stands firm against lifting U.S. oil export ban despite potential economic benefits

By threatening to veto a bill greenlighting oil exports, President Obama last week sent a powerful message to Congress and to the American public: The administration is unlikely to sign off on any measures expanding fossil fuel production and sales, even if those measures carry economic benefits for the U.S. and national security benefits for key allies around the world.

October 11, 2015
Senate Environment Committee Chairman Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Jan. 7, 2015 file photo (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Court halts EPA’s controversial water rule

A federal appeals court dealt the Obama administration's environmental agenda a major blow, halting a water rule and saying more time is needed to determine whether the regulations are legal.

October 9, 2015
Vice President Joe Biden waves to the crowd after he speaks, during Human Rights Campaign National Dinner at Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Joe Biden clings to Obama record, boasts that he ‘administered’ stimulus package

As he ponders a White House run in 2016, Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Thursday clung to President Obama's record on everything from health care to the auto industry bailout, boasting that he single-handedly "administered" the administration's $800 billion stimulus package and even calling it the most "competently run program" in American history.

October 8, 2015
President Obama speaks about the Oregon shootings and his agenda for gun control.

Obama pitches Trans-Pacific Partnership to U.S. businesses

President Obama has launched what promises to be a monthslong public relations push to get skeptical lawmakers on board with a controversial trade deal between the U.S. and Pacific nations, and he used a brief speech at the Agriculture Department Tuesday to recruit top business leaders to help promote the landmark agreement.

October 6, 2015