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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

In this photo provided by Chad Fish, a large balloon drifts above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. A missile fired on Feb. 5 by a U.S. F-22 off the Carolina coast ended the days-long flight of what the Biden administration says was a surveillance operation that took the Chinese balloon near U.S. military sites. (Chad Fish via AP)

More balloons raise wonder, worry for North Americans

The U.S. and Canada awoke Sunday facing high-stakes questions: How safe are the skies over North America? And just how pervasive is China's aerial surveillance program on the continent? Published February 12, 2023

Russian army soldiers practice on a military training ground in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Russia suffers highest casualty rate over past two weeks since start of war

The Russian military over the past two weeks has suffered its highest rate of casualties since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, British intelligence officials said Sunday, underscoring the rapid loss of personnel and materiel that is confronting Moscow's war effort. Published February 12, 2023

A Federal Aviation Administration sign hangs in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, March 16, 2017. Congress is taking up key aviation legislation just after close calls between planes at airports in New York and Texas. A House committee held the first hearing Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, on legislation that will govern the Federal Aviation Administration. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FAA temporarily closed Montana airspace after UFO shoot-down in Canada

The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday night temporarily closed airspace in Montana after the U.S. military detected a "radar anomaly" in the sky, Pentagon officials said, marking the third mysterious incident in North American airspace over just the past 24 hours. Published February 11, 2023

President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden all but ignores Chinese spy balloon in State of the Union

President Biden on Tuesday night mostly sidestepped the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the U.S. homeland last week, instead using his State of the Union address to focus on America's 21st-century economic competition with Beijing. Published February 7, 2023

In this Dec. 10, 2015, file photo, U.S. M1A2 SEP Abrams battle tanks prepare to cross the Hantan river during a river crossing operation, part of an annual joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Ukraine fumes as NATO members slow roll tank aid

U.S. defense officials try to fend off criticism of a Western coalition that is taking increased fire for a reluctance to deploy its most advanced ground combat vehicles to the battlefield. Published January 22, 2023

In this Oct. 21, 2019, photo, a member of the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Battalion of the 9th Regiment, 1st Division from Fort Hood in Texas prepares to unload Abrams battle tanks from rail cars as they arrive at the Pabrade railway station some 50 km (31 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) **FILE**

NATO member tank wars frustrate Ukraine as it pleads for stronger defense

Ukrainian leaders vented their frustrations with European allies, particularly Germany, on Thursday for refusing to send tanks to aid in Kyiv's war with Russia, while U.S. defense officials tried to fend off criticism of a Western coalition that is taking increased fire for its reluctance to deploy its most advanced ground-combat vehicles to the battlefield. Published January 19, 2023

In this image from video provided by the Department of Defense labeled Gimbal, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at the center as it is tracked as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. (Department of Defense via AP) **FILE**

Threat Status: Hundreds of new UFO sightings reported

The Pentagon's latest bombshell report found that most of those UFO encounters remain unexplained, with many of the strange craft exhibiting "unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities." Published January 18, 2023