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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

Russian recruits walk to take a train at a railway station in Prudboi, Volgograd region of Russia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial mobilization of reservists to beef up his forces in Ukraine. With the Russian army retreating under the blows of Ukrainian forces armed with Western weapons, Putin raised the stakes by annexing four Ukrainian regions and declaring a partial mobilization of up to 300,000 reservists to buttress the crumbling frontline. (AP Photo, File)

Money talks: Nothing like cash to recruit, retain world’s warriors

Free college tuition. New cars. Complimentary passes to government gyms. And cold, hard cash. Militaries all over the world are at war right now. And they're getting creative with pay and benefits to lure in potential recruits and to keep battle-hardened veterans in their uniforms for another round. Published November 9, 2024

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump tours the southern border with Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Winners and losers around the world brace for Trump’s return to power

The shock waves from President-elect Donald Trump's decisive election win Tuesday reverberated worldwide, with allies offering congratulations and potential adversaries looking to smooth over relations with an incoming American president known for rewarding loyalty and holding grudges. Published November 6, 2024

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks before former President Donald Trump at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, July 26, 2022. Gingrich has donated his congressional papers to Tulane University’s Louisiana Research Collection. Gingrich earned a master of arts and a doctorate in education at the New Orleans university. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

North Korea’s Kim taking ‘enormous risks’ as U.S. influence declines, Gingrich warns

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's recent provocations have turned the Korean Peninsula into one of the most dangerous places on the planet and a potential flash point in a world war-style conflict. And it's time for the U.S. to draw a line in the sand and make clear to the North Korean dictator that firing on Seoul would mean the immediate end of his regime. Published November 5, 2024

Smoke and fire rise from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israel launches strikes against Iranian military targets

Israel on Friday struck military targets in Iran, a long-awaited response to what officials in Jerusalem said were months of drone and missile attacks by Iran and its proxy network across the Middle East. Published October 25, 2024

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with reporters before a town hall at the Royal Oak Theatre in Royal Oak, Mich., Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Policies blocked, Harris faces questions on what’s next with Iran

Kamala Harris has vowed that on her watch as president, Iran will never obtain a nuclear weapon. But it's not clear how the vice president and Democratic White House hopeful would turn that promise into a reality if she's elected on Nov. 5. Published October 21, 2024

In this photo provided by the Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine on Oct. 16, 2024, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to parliamentarians at Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine via AP)

Zelenskyy’s long-promised blueprint to end Russia war draws mixed reviews

The Ukraine-Russia war could end next year on terms favorable to Kyiv if the U.S. and NATO back an ambitious -- and, by most accounts, unrealistic -- five-point victory plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday as he outlined a proposal that seemed to fall flat across much of the West. Published October 16, 2024

A man works next to a destroyed home after rockets struck in Katzrin, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. Lebanon's Hezbollah has launched more than 50 rockets, hitting a number of private homes in the area.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel vows retaliation as Iran launches new salvo of missiles

Iran launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday, and Israeli civilians across the country were ordered to remain near bomb shelters, while President Biden ordered the U.S. military to help repel the assault as the conflict across the Middle East escalated. Published October 1, 2024