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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

A security force and a civilian lie low at the site of a suicide attack after the second bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2018. A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) ** FILE **

Pentagon undersold number of Afghan Security Forces: SIGAR

With the Taliban mounting a major offensive in western Afghanistan, a government watchdog said Tuesday that the Pentagon has underestimated the strength of Afghan Security Forces, selling the fighting force short by about 17,000.

May 15, 2018
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivers remarks at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. McCain, who graduated from the Academy in 1958, returned to his alma mater to address the Brigade of Midshipmen on leadership and service to the nation. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Lindsey Graham wants White House to apologize for John McCain remark

A White House aide's remark last week that Sen. John McCain's political positions don't matter because he's near death was "disgusting" and the White House should issue an apology, Sen. Lindsey Graham told CBS News in an interview that aired Sunday morning.

May 13, 2018
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says North Korea stands on the precipice of wild economic growth the likes of which it has never seen. (Associated Press/File)

Mike Pompeo says U.S. will aid North Korea infrastructure if Kim Jong-un gives up nuclear weapons

Top White House officials on Sunday delivered an ambitious promise to North Korea: Give up your nuclear weapons program and the U.S. will open the door to economic prosperity rivaling that of any other nation in the region, laying out in clear terms the benefits the reclusive nation stands to reap as dictator Kim Jong-un prepares for a historic, high-stakes summit with President Trump next month.

May 13, 2018
Patrick Morrisey heading into the Fox News GOP debate on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Morgantown, W. Va. (William Wotring/The Dominion-Post via AP) ** FILE **

Patrick Morrisey fends off Don Blankenship, Evan Jenkins in West Virginia Senate primary

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey came out on top of the state's Republican Senate primary Tuesday night, edging out U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins and soundly defeating ex-convict and former coal company CEO Don Blankenship -- welcome news for GOP leaders in Washington who actively tried to stop Mr. Blankenship's momentum during the final days of the campaign.

May 8, 2018
"Tomorrow, West Virginia will send the swamp a message — no one, and I mean, no one will tell us how to vote," West Virginia Republican senatorial candidate Don Blankenship said on Monday. "As some have said, I am Trumpier than Trump and this morning proves it." (Associated Press)

Donald Trump slams West Virginia GOP Senate candidate Don Blankenship

With Don Blankenship mounting a last-minute surge, President Trump waded into the GOP Senate primary in West Virginia on Monday, stating flatly that the ex-convict "can't win" in November and would blow the party's chances of picking off vulnerable incumbent Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin.

May 7, 2018
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt arrives to the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Scott Pruitt, EPA chief, on hot seat as he appears before Congress

After weeks of bad headlines and ethical controversies, a defiant EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Thursday appeared before lawmakers and weathered blistering calls to resign, arguing that he's the victim of a media-driven witch hunt designed to halt President Trump's deregulatory agenda.

April 26, 2018
Life-sized cutouts depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wearing "Fix Fakebook" T-shirts were displayed by advocacy group Avaaz on the South East Lawn of the Capitol on April 10 ahead of Mr. Zuckerberg's appearance before a Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees joint hearing. (Associated Press/File)

Facebook hate speech, censorship policies upset both sides

Under more scrutiny than ever, Facebook finds itself caught in a no-man's land between activists who say it needs to adopt much stricter definitions governing hate speech and critics on the right who feel the social media giant is censoring conservative voices.

April 22, 2018
West Virginia Republican senatorial candidate Don Blankenship, the former Massey Energy CEO who spent a year in federal prison in connection with a deadly explosion, is within striking distance of becoming the challenger to Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III, polling data show. (Associated Press/File)

Don Blankenship’s West Virginia Senate campaign fought by national Republicans

With less than three weeks until West Virginia's primary election, national Republican leaders seem to finally recognize that ex-con Don Blankenship has a very real chance to win the Senate contest and represent the party this fall against incumbent Democrat Joe Manchin III -- and they are unleashing a last-ditch effort to stop him.

April 17, 2018