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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

O'Malley

Martin O’Malley’s presidential bid could end in Iowa

For former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, Monday's Iowa caucuses could be the beginning of the end for a long-shot presidential bid that's failed to gain any real traction with Democratic voters. Published January 31, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a question from a member of the audience during a campaign event at the Knoxville School District Administration Office, Monday, Jan. 25, 2016, in Knoxville, Iowa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Curse of Iowa closes in on Hillary Clinton

History is on the verge of repeating itself in Iowa, where Hillary Clinton is faced with the prospect of a second defeat snatched from the jaws of victory in Monday's caucuses. Published January 28, 2016

Polling shows Sen. Bernard Sanders' strongest supporters also have the highest opinions of the Affordable Care Act. (Associated Press)

Bernie Sanders inflates role in crafting Obamacare as he pushes single-payer replacement

Sen. Bernard Sanders is inflating his role in the creation of Obamacare, analysts and fact-checkers say, but his claim is driven by a simple political reality -- his core supporters are the most ardent backers of the health care law, leaving him little choice but to praise the legislation even as he tries to scrap it in favor of a costly single-payer system. Published January 26, 2016

A CNN survey conducted this month found that 55 percent of Democratic voters consider Hillary Clinton to be the "least honest" candidate in the race. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton’s email scandal puts presidential aspirations in peril

Hillary Clinton is vehemently disputing new charges that she sent top-secret information from a nonsecure email account while at the State Department, but analysts say the scandal has already damaged her so deeply that her presidential ambitions are at risk. Published January 21, 2016

President Obama sits in the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, an all-electric vehicle with an estimated range of 200 miles on a single charge, while touring the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. The man at left is unidentified. (Daniel Mears/Detroit News via AP, Pool)

Obama praises his auto bailout in Detroit, blasts GOP

As teachers staged a sickout that closed Detroit schools, President Obama took a victory lap in the city Wednesday, bragging about his administration's bailout of the auto industry in 2009 and chiding Republicans for opposing it. Published January 20, 2016

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, who was the GOP's 2012 vice presidential nominee but took a pass on this year's presidential contest, said Republican infighting plays into the hands of President Obama, who exploits those fights to pursue his own agenda. (Associated Press)

Paul Ryan pitches grand 2016 vision that’s short on details

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Friday his troops will offer voters a clear, conservative agenda before they vote in November, though he failed to outline concrete goals for 2016 after a three-day retreat in Baltimore that's been dominated by talk of the raucous GOP nominating race for president. Published January 15, 2016