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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

Space Force Gen. Michael A. Guetlein, attends a House Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on readiness Tuesday, May 6, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Golden Dome point man dismisses CBO’s $1.2 trillion missile shield price tag

The eye-popping $1.2 trillion cost estimate for the proposed Golden Dome missile shield is deeply flawed because it focuses on past missile defense capabilities and does not account for massive leaps forward in technology that will drive the price down, the Trump administration's point man for the project said Thursday.

May 15, 2026
Posters for the proposed Golden Dome for America missile defense shield are displayed before an event with President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Golden Dome missile shield could cost $1.2 trillion, CBO report says

President Trump's proposed Golden Dome missile shield could cost $1.2 trillion over 20 years, including a massive up-front cost to deploy the cutting-edge space-based missile interceptors widely seen as crucial to the project's success, according to a new report released this week.

May 13, 2026
In this image provided by Sepahnews, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's official website, wreckage is shown at what Iran's state TV claimed was the site of a downed American transport plane and two helicopters involved in a rescue operation, in Isfahan province, Iran, April, 2026. (Sepahnews via AP)

Trump threatens major strikes on Iran after U.S. raid rescues pilot

U.S. forces launched a daring raid that rescued an American fighter pilot deep behind enemy lines in Iran, President Trump said Sunday, just hours before he warned Tehran to "open the f------ Strait" of Hormuz or face major strikes on its power plants and bridges.

April 5, 2026