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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.

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President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

U.S. launches strikes on Islamists in Nigeria

U.S. forces struck numerous Islamic State targets in northwest Nigeria on Christmas Day in what President Trump said was retaliation for the terror group's years of attacks on Christian civilians in the African nation.

December 25, 2025
Recruits participate in the Army's future soldier prep course that gives lower-performing recruits up to 90 days of academic or fitness instruction to help them meet military standards, at Fort Jackson, a U.S. Army Training Center, in Columbia, S.C., Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Military hits best recruiting numbers in 15 years, Pentagon says

The U.S. military in fiscal year 2025 achieved its best recruiting numbers in 15 years, Pentagon officials said, with each service exceeding its goal and all reserve components, with the exception of the Army Reserve, also hitting their targets.

December 23, 2025
A KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft takes off from a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 19, in support of Operation Hawkeye Strike. An American military refueling plane (not pictured) went down in Iraq and rescue efforts were underway, U.S. Central Command said Thursday. (U.S. Air Force Photo via DVIDS)

U.S. answers ISIS with massive strike on Syria

U.S. forces late Friday launched a massive attack against Islamic State targets across Syria, fulfilling President Trump's vow of "retaliation" after an ISIS gunman killed three Americans last weekend.

December 20, 2025
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro brandishes a sword said to have belonged to independence hero Simon Bolivar during a civic-military event at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

FLASHBACK: Trump versus Maduro: Why the White House is fixated on Venezuela

Donald Trump's fixation on Venezuela reflects a unique combination of factors, from the geopolitical to the economic to the personal, that has led the White House to pursue a multi-pronged push to squeeze what many see as the illegitimate government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

December 16, 2025
Police cordon off an area at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Terrorists kill 15, wound dozens in brazen attack on Hanukkah celebration in Australia

Gunmen killed 15 people and wounded dozens more in a shocking assault at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, the latest in a string of antisemitic attacks around the world and one that led authorities in major U.S. cities to ramp up protection ahead of their own Hanukkah events this week.

December 14, 2025
The Shenzhou-20 spacecraft sitting atop a Long March rocket covered on a launch pad is seen near the Chinese characters for launch, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Wednesday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

Pentagon warns that China is reaching its goals in space

The U.S. is amid a high-stakes second space race, and its chief adversary, communist China, is "overwhelmingly" achieving its goals up there, top Pentagon officials warned at a major conference Thursday.

December 12, 2025