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Ben Wolfgang

Ben Wolfgang

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

With the much-delayed Keystone XL pipeline project about to be put back on track, environmentalists are vowing to use both the courts and guerrilla-style tactics, such as setting up protest camps along the pipeline's construction route, to stump the oil project. (Associated Press)

Green groups sue Trump over Keystone pipeline

Environmental activists on Thursday sued the Trump administration in an effort to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which the administration formally approved last week. Published March 30, 2017

In this Feb. 1, 2012, file photo, miles of pipe ready to become part of the Keystone Pipeline are stacked in a field near Ripley, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Keystone XL oil pipeline approved by the State Department

President Trump signed permits Friday for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline that had been blocked by the Obama administration, saying the reversal is part of his efforts "to do things right" for American jobs and energy production. Published March 24, 2017

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on the Keystone XL pipeline, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration to approve Keystone pipeline Monday: Report

The Trump administration on Monday will formally approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, according to media reports, finally ending a years-long series of starts, stops and delays, and kicking off the kind of massive infrastructure project the president promised during his campaign. Published March 23, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has agreed with President Trump's intention to return the agency to its "core mission" of ensuring clean air and clean water. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Scott Pruitt’s EPA faces harshest budget cuts in history

President Trump's proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency would take it back to the staffing levels it had under President Reagan and to a budget it outgrew in 1990, marking what would be the most dramatic rollback in the agency's 47-year history. Published March 21, 2017

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said Thursday on CNBC's "Squawk Box" program that he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming. (Associated Press)

Scott Pruitt turns EPA away from climate change agenda

Scott Pruitt on Thursday made clear he doesn't believe carbon dioxide is the main driver of climate change -- and his declaration touched off a firestorm among critics who interpret the remark as concrete proof that the EPA administrator plans to disregard the past eight years and take the agency in a new direction. Published March 9, 2017

All seafood importers will have to track and report where all fish were caught under the Obama-era Seafood Traceability Rule. (Associated Press)

Environmental groups hope to intervene on seafood importing court case that Trump will abandon

Worried that the Trump administration won't mount an effective defense of former President Barack Obama's environmental policies, green groups rushed to court this week begging to intervene in a looming lawsuit, saying they will make the case on their own. It's one of the key ways environmentalists are ramping up their resistance to President Trump. Published March 8, 2017