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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

In this April 3, 2018, photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EPA’s Pruitt broke law with $43,000 phone booth: Report

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt broke the law by building a soundproof $43,000 phone booth in his office and not telling lawmakers about it, a government watchdog said Monday in a report that calls on the agency to immediately acknowledge that it violated federal statutes.

April 16, 2018
In this Jan. 30, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before the Senate Environment Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republican-led House oversight committee is demanding interviews with five close aides to embattled Pruitt, including his security chief. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Scott Pruitt gets support from conservatives

Unlike other members of President Trump's Cabinet left to dangle in the wind when faced with controversy, conservatives have mounted a strong, coordinated defense of embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt over the past two weeks, arguing he's become a target simply because he's done more to advance the Republican agenda than any other government official.

April 15, 2018
Former Massey CEO and West Virginia Republican Senatorial candidate Don Blankenship speaks during a town hall to kick off his campaign in Logan, W.Va., on Jan. 18, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Don Blankenship says DOJ is investigating his conviction

West Virginia Senate hopeful Don Blankenship claimed this week that the Justice Department is taking another look at the prosecution that sent him to federal prison for a year in connection with the Upper Big Branch mine explosion of 2010.

April 5, 2018
In this June 1, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after speaking about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Donald Trump tells EPA chief Scott Pruitt his job is safe

With controversy swirling around him and calls for his resignation intensifying, Scott Pruitt on Tuesday got a vote of confidence from his boss, President Trump, tamping down speculation for now that the EPA administrator would be the next Cabinet member forced out.

April 3, 2018
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt paid a powerful lobbyist $50 a night to stay at this condo on Capitol Hill. Even the cheapest single rooms in the major-chain hotels in that neighborhood typically start at four or five times that amount. (Associated Press/File)

Scott Pruitt, EPA administrator, rented condo raising ethics questions

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing fresh uncertainty about his political future after revelations that he rented a condominium from a powerful Washington lobbyist for $50 per night, the latest in a series of serious ethics questions that threaten to sink the chief architect of President Trump's deregulatory push.

April 1, 2018
In this Feb. 12, 2018 photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting with state and local officials and President Donald Trump about infrastructure in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Senate Democrats are pressing Pruitt on whether a key member of his security team improperly steered a government contract to a personal business associate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Scott Pruitt doomed over lobbyist condo deal, Chris Christie says

Amid a growing firestorm over his $50-per-night condo rental deal with a Washington lobbyist, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is doomed and could be forced to resign, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday.

April 1, 2018