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Ben Wolfgang

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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.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

Ukrainian soldiers fire in the recently retaken city of Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Sept. 23, 2022. A series of embarrassing military losses for Moscow in recent weeks has presented a growing challenge for prominent hosts of Russian news and political talk shows scrambling to find ways to paint Kyiv's gains in a way that is still favorable to the Kremlin. (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov, File)

As Russian troops fall back, nuclear fears advance

Ukraine recaptured more of its territory from Russian forces Monday amid grim reports from European media that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be mobilizing elements of his country's massive nuclear arsenal for potential use on the battlefield.

October 3, 2022
A large disturbance in the sea can be observed off the coast of the Danish island of Bornholm Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, following a series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany have triggered concerns about possible sabotage. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says she "cannot rule out" sabotage after three leaks were detected on Nord Stream 1 and 2. (Danish Defence Command via AP)

Pipeline mystery deepens as Russian energy leverage in the spotlight

Deliberate acts of sabotage were responsible for the damage done to two major Russian underwater natural gas pipelines, European leaders said Wednesday, with multiple suspects, murky motives and a deepening divide between the Kremlin and the West serving to spook already uneasy global energy markets.

September 28, 2022
In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, protesters chant slogans during a protest over the death of a woman who was detained by the morality police, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo. File)

Iran’s protests show no signs of slowing as anger at ‘morality police’ mounts

Iran on Monday accused the U.S. and Europe of directly fueling the deadly popular uprising that has gripped the Islamic republic over the past 10 days, while the West threatened new economic sanctions on Tehran and called for an immediate end to the "brutality" with which Iranian security forces are treating protesters.

September 26, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) military exercise in far eastern Russia, outside Vladivostok, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The weeklong exercise that began Thursday is intended to showcase growing defense ties between Russia and China and also demonstrate that Moscow has enough troops and equipment to conduct the massive drills even as its troops are engaged in military action in Ukraine. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

War’s biggest supporters turn on Putin as Russians retreat in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin faced calls to resign from some former strong supporters Monday as his troops were pushed back to their border by a crushing Ukrainian counteroffensive that has retaken strategically key cities and dealt a massive blow to the morale of the Russian army.

September 12, 2022
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stands near a damaged residential building during his visit the city of Irpin, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. (Genya Savilov, Pool Photo via AP)

New aid package latest sign U.S. is in it for the long haul in Ukraine

The Biden administration on Thursday announced a fresh $675 million military aid package for Ukraine and pledged to make available another $1 billion in American-made weapons as officials sent the strongest signal yet that Washington is broadening its focus beyond the battle with Russia and aiming to bolster the Ukrainian army for the long term.

September 8, 2022
As seen on a computer screen from a DVD prepared by Al-Sahab production, Al Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri speaks in Islamabad, Pakistan, on June 20, 2006. Al-Zawahiri, the top Al Qaeda leader, was killed by the U.S. over the weekend in Afghanistan. President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak about the operation on Monday night, Aug. 1, 2022, from the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash, File)

Over-the-horizon U.S. strike on terrorist raises fears of what’s being missed

On its face, last month's strike on al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri proved U.S. forces can still carry out military and intelligence missions in Afghanistan even with American boots no longer on the ground. Beneath the surface, however, counterterrorism insiders say the bombing of al-Zawahri's safehouse in Kabul only exposed much deeper long-term problems for the U.S.

September 3, 2022