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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

A U.S. trade commission is recommending that the Trump administration impose tariffs of up to 35 percent to slow an influx of low-cost solar panels imported from China and other countries. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump eyes solar power tariffs on China

American manufacturers say cheap solar-power materials from China and other countries have undercut them and want stiff financial penalties to level the playing field — but industry leaders fear the booming sector could collapse if President Trump chooses to implement tariffs. Published January 16, 2018

Officials reportedly knew in 10 minutes that the alert had been sent accidentally. They posted a message on Twitter and took nearly 30 minutes to send a second cellphone message. (Associated Press)

Hawaii missile warning mishap enrages residents, lawmakers demand answers

With the simple push of a wrong button Saturday, Hawaii was thrown into sheer panic over the false warning of an impending missile strike -- and the reverberations continued Sunday as lawmakers demanded answers for a massive blunder that stoked fear of nuclear war. Published January 14, 2018

Veterans make up about 19 percent of the corn ethanol workforce, according to federal Energy Department figures — the largest percentage of veterans in any energy subsector of the U.S. economy. (Associated Press/File)

EPA ethanol study now more than 8 years late

Five months into the Obama administration, the Environmental Protection Agency was supposed to complete a study looking at ethanol's effect on American air quality. Published December 27, 2017

In this June 3, 2017 file photo, the coal-fired Plant Scherer, one of the nation's top carbon dioxide emitters, stands in the distance in Juliette, Ga. (AP Photo/Branden Camp, File) **FILE**

EPA takes first step toward replacing Obama-era carbon rule

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday kicked off a process to replace the highly controversial Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era regulation designed to limit carbon emissions from power plants. Published December 18, 2017

Sen. Lisa Murkowski's support is tied to a bill — which would be wrapped into the tax package — that would open 2,000 acres of ANWR to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Associated Press/File)

Drilling in section of ANWR included in final GOP tax-reform package

With Republicans set to achieve a decades-long policy goal of opening a section of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, environmentalists over the weekend launched a last-ditch effort to halt the initiative, though their efforts almost surely will be in vain. Published December 17, 2017