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Ben Wolfgang

Ben Wolfgang

bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com

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.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

A man looks at photographs on a wall of hostages who were abducted during the Oct. 7, unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel, in Jerusalem, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel vows to press ahead in Gaza as hostage talks near finish line

The Israel-Hamas war raced ahead on dual tracks Tuesday, with Israeli officials vowing to press forward with an offensive in the southern Gaza Strip near the Egyptian border even as both sides -- and the Biden administration -- tried to clinch a deal that would free all remaining hostages held by the Palestinian militants.

February 6, 2024
The logo of of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly known as Unification Church, is seen on the wall of the the building housing its headquarters in Tokyo, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Japan’s government is convening a meeting of religious affairs council Thursday to ask experts to decide whether to seek a court order to revoke legal status from the Unification Church, whose devious fundraising tactics and cozy ties with the governing party have triggered public outrage. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s dispute with church a test of liberty everywhere

The bedrock principle of religious liberty faces a historic test right now in Japan, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told an audience at a major summit in Washington this week, warning that a dangerous, communist-backed effort to punish the Unification Church could carry severe consequences for people of all faiths across the globe.

January 31, 2024
Israeli women demand the immediate release of the Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group at a protest in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Israel says Hamas is still holding more than 100 people it captured in an Oct. 7 raid that triggered the current war with Israel. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Biden to dispatch CIA Director Burns to broker Hamas hostage deal: Report

CIA Director William Burns will soon travel to Europe to try and negotiate an extended cease-fire deal that would free the remaining hostages held by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, according to media reports, as pressure mounts on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure the release of those prisoners who have been held for more than three months.

January 25, 2024