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Ben Wolfgang

bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com

Ben Wolfgang is a National Security Correspondent for The Washington Times. His reporting is regularly featured in the daily Threat Status newsletter.
Previously, he covered energy and the environment, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016, and also spent two years as a White House correspondent during the Obama administration.
Before coming to The Times in 2011, Ben worked as political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa.
He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

President Obama speaks on energy matters at the TransCanada pipe yard in Cushing, Okla., on Thursday, March 22, 2012. (AP Photo/L.M. Otero)

Nebraska law that allowed Keystone XL struck down

A Nebraska judge threw a major hurdle in front of the Keystone XL oil pipeline Wednesday, setting into motion yet another review of the $7 billion project and pushing President Obama’s eventual final decision even further down the road.

February 19, 2014
With a map of the United States on a truck in the background, President Barack Obama speaks about how having a fuel-efficient truck fleet can boost the economy and help combat climate change, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at the Safeway Distribution Center in Upper Marlboro, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama orders up new mileage standards for big rigs

President Obama's visit to suburban Maryland on Tuesday to announce new fuel-efficiency standards for trucks was anything but efficient, as the commander-in-chief took a 15-vehicle caravan on an hour-long round trip just to deliver a 17-minute speech at a local Safeway distribution center.

February 18, 2014
President Barack Obama speaks about drought on a local farm with Joe Del Bosque,  right, and Maria Gloria Del Bosque, of Empresas Del Bosque, Inc., in Los Banos, Calif., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

In drought-ravaged California, Obama sounds alarm on climate change

Mr. Obama and many Democrats, along with their supporters in the environmental community, have held up extreme weather events such as California's drought, Hurricane Sandy and others as proof that global warming is wreaking havoc all across the planet.

February 14, 2014
This image released by Netflix shows Kevin Spacey as Francis Underwood, left, and Robin Wright as Clair Underwood in a scene from "House of Cards." The second season of the popular original series premieres on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 on Netflix. (AP Photo/Netflix, Nathaniel E. Bell)

Obama on ‘House of Cards:’ No spoilers

President Obama has more power than anyone in America, but he wants to watch one of his favorite TV shows just like everybody else. On Twitter late Thursday, the president noted that season two of the hit Netflix series “House of Cards” premiers Friday and added a request. “No spoilers, please,” Mr. Obama said.

February 14, 2014
FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2010 file photo, Joel McHale attends the New York Comedy Festival's Stand Up For Heroes concert in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)

‘Community’ star McHale to headline correspondents dinner

Joel McHale, star of the NBC series "Community," will headline this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner, joining the long list of comedians and entertainers who have poked fun at the president and the news media at the annual event.

February 14, 2014
**FILE** Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, left, shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden as they pose for pictures at the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Saturday, Mar. 28, 2009. Biden is a one-day official visit to Chile. (AP Photo/Santiago Llanquin)

Biden to attend socialist Chilean president’s inauguration

Michelle Bachelet — who, like President Obama and Mr. Biden, has focused much of her attention on the income gap between the rich and poor — was elected Chile's leader for the second time in December. She previously served as president from 2006 to 2010.

February 13, 2014

Obama names Chu to head arts endowment

President Obama on Wednesday named his choice to lead the National Endowment for the Arts, which has been without a chairman for more than a year.

February 12, 2014
President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tour the Iron Dome Battery defense system at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on March 20, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Netanyahu to again visit Washington

For the second time in six months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington and meet with President Obama.

February 12, 2014
President Barack Obama signs a memorandum directing the federal government not to discriminate against those long-term unemployed workers in its own hiring practices in the East Room of the White House, as Vice President Joe Biden stands right, Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama raises minimum wage to $10.10 per hour for federal contractors

President Obama's latest executive action boosted the minimum wage for federal contractors, but the White House struggled to answer specific questions about how many employees will be affected and how government agencies can implement the pay raise without busting their budgets.

February 12, 2014
French President Francois Hollande listens as President Barack Obama speaks during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, during a state visit. Lauding the "enduring alliance" between the United States and France, President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed President Francois Hollande to the White House for a lavish state visit. The highly anticipated trip is taking place amid swirling speculation on both sides of the Atlantic about problems in Hollande's personal life.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama, Hollande hit Moscow over Syria

President Obama and French counterpart Francois Hollande Tuesday had harsh words for Russia, saying the nation is partly to blame for the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria.

February 11, 2014