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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

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, centre, greets soldiers as he visits the Gaza Strip, where he received security briefings with commanders and soldiers and visited one of the tunnels that has been revealed, on Sunday Nov. 26, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Handout via AP)

War threatens to end Netanyahu power; Israelis fed up with divisiveness, defiance of accountability

The bloody campaign to crush Hamas is perhaps the most ambitious undertaking of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decades of rule. Even as the nation rallies together after Hamas' horrific Oct. 7 terrorist assault and while a shaky cease-fire and prisoner exchange plays out, a recent survey showed Mr. Netanyahu's approval rating among the Israeli public at a dismal 22%. Published November 26, 2023

Vice President Mike Pence pets facility dogs Goldie, right, and Truman, left, as he visits patients and their families and care providers at the USO Warrior and Family Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Four-legged heroes: Congress weighs valor medal for military dogs

For centuries, man's best friend has also been one of America's fiercest defenders. A push in Congress to honor heroic military working dogs has refocused a spotlight on the vital role of K-9 warriors throughout U.S. history. Published November 22, 2023

Black smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab, a Lebanese border village with Israel in south Lebanon, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants and their allies have been clashing along the border since the Israel-Hamas war started five weeks ago with a bloody incursion into southern Israel by Hezbollah ally Hamas. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israel military says footage shows Hamas used hospital as base, arms depot

Israeli troops on Wednesday said they uncovered caches of weapons, computers and other elements of the Palestinian Hamas militia's arsenal hidden inside the Shifa hospital in Gaza, even as the raid on the enclave's largest medical facility added more fuel to an already white-hot global debate over the humanitarian cost of the Israeli offensive. Published November 15, 2023

A pair of U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle flies over northern Iraq, after conducting airstrikes in Syria on Sept. 23, 2014. (Associated Press)

U.S. fighter jets hit Iran-backed militias in Syria again

U.S. fighter jets on Wednesday struck Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria, the Pentagon said, the second such American strike against Iran-linked groups over the past two weeks as fears of escalation mount in the Middle East. Published November 8, 2023

Supporters of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group raise their fists and cheer as Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah appears via a video link, during a rally to commemorate Hezbollah fighters who were killed in South Lebanon last few weeks while fighting against the Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Nasrallah's speech had been widely anticipated throughout the region as a sign of whether the Israel-Hamas conflict would spiral into a regional war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Border strikes fuel Hezbollah-Israel tensions as Gaza incursion deepens

The Shiite militant group Hezbollah threatened Israel on Monday with a "firm and strong" response and said the Jewish state "will pay the price" after an Israeli airstrike reportedly killed three children in Lebanon, stoking fears of a two-front war that could plunge the Middle East into chaos. Published November 6, 2023

A woman holds a banner with a picture of an Israeli kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel during a protest calling for the return of the hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

U.S. drones flying over Gaza, aiding hostage recovery efforts

Unarmed U.S. drones are flying over the Gaza Strip to help recover hostages, the Pentagon said Friday, as Israel, America and other nations race to secure the release of the more than 200 prisoners believed to be held by Hamas terrorists. Published November 3, 2023

Israeli soldiers move towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel Wednesday, Nov.1, 2023. Israeli ground forces have been operating in Gaza in recent days as Israel presses ahead with its war against Hamas militants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

‘One fight’: White House links Russia, Hamas, China as it pushes $106 billion funding bill

The threats posed by China, Russia, Iran and the Palestinian militant group Hamas are all part of "one fight" that the U.S. and its allies must win, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told lawmakers Tuesday as the Biden administration mounted a full-court press to push through Congress a comprehensive $106 billion aid package that would reach all corners of the globe. Published October 31, 2023

Secretary of State Antony Blinken pauses as his testimony to the Senate Appropriations Committee to aid to Israel and Ukraine is overwhelmed by shouts from protesters in the audience, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Protesters’ outbursts shake Senate hearing on Israel funding

Demonstrators repeatedly disrupted a high-profile Senate hearing Tuesday and called for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, accusing the U.S. of "funding genocide" in the Palestinian enclave as Israel responds to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack. Published October 31, 2023

An American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington, Friday, March 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

What’s in a name? U.S. dominates, Russia plunges in national ‘brand’ rankings

The U.S. enjoys far and away the world's most powerful brand name, while Russia has seen its value and prestige plummet over the past year, according to a major new survey that also shines a light on Asia's rising economic might, which now boasts three of the globe's top 10 most valuable national "brands." Published October 27, 2023