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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

Jeremy Chenoweth (left) and Benjamin Werkowski of EDP Renewables work atop one of the 52 windmills the company operates in Paulding County, Ohio. The Timber Road II Wind Farm generates enough electricity to power 29,000 homes. (Associated Press/File)

Renewable energy industry’s growth dismissed by conservatives

It's become a national leader in wind-power generation, but in deep-red, oil-rich Texas, many conservatives still turn a skeptical eye toward renewable energy -- despite growth numbers that dwarf virtually every other sector of the economy. Published December 12, 2017

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rides in the Bears Ears National Monument with local and state representatives in Blanding, Utah, on May 9, 2017. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP) **FILE**

Ryan Zinke under fire again for taxpayer-funded helicopter rides

Democrats pounced on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke again Friday after reports the former Montana congressman spent thousands of dollars in taxpayer money on helicopter flights, including traveling from Virginia to Washington to ride horses with Vice President Mike Pence. Published December 8, 2017

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ted Cruz wants Donald Trump to end his support for ethanol industry

Sen. Ted Cruz will lead a delegation to the White House on Thursday to talk President Trump out of his rock-solid support for the ethanol industry, marking the latest chapter in an ongoing intraparty fight between Republicans over how the administration should handle biofuels. Published December 6, 2017

The Capitol Dome of the Capitol Building in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2017. The Senate has been forced to put the republican's health care bill on hold for as much as two weeks until Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., can return from surgery. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate committee grills Barry Myers on ties to AccuWeather, support of 2005 bill

The weather — and the relationship between the government and private sector in gathering data and providing forecasts to the American public — took center stage Wednesday, as a Senate panel grilled President Trump's nominee to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Published November 29, 2017

Former Massey CEO Don Blankenship is escorted by Homeland Security officers from the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse in Charleston, W. Va., on April 6, 2016. Blankenship has asked President Donald Trump to resist attempts in Congress to enhance criminal penalties for coal executives who violate mine safety and health standards.Blankenship, who recently was freed from federal prison, also asked the president in a letter Tuesday, May 16, 2017, to re-examine a federal investigation into the nation's worst coal mining disaster in four decades. (F. Brian Ferguson/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP, File)

Don Blankenship to run for West Virginia Senate seat: Report

Outspoken ex-convict and self-described "American political prisoner" Don Blankenship, who led Massey Energy Co. during the infamous 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine disaster that claimed the lives of 29 coal miners, will run for Senate as a Republican, according to media reports. Published November 29, 2017

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015 photo, a miner works underground in the Sewell "R" coal mine in Yukon, W.Va. For the long-suffering communities that depend on coal, a recent Supreme Court ruling temporarily blocking greenhouse gas reductions was seen as a rare victory. But coal country residents say the reprieve may only be temporary as utilities turn away from coal generation and production continues to slide. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

EPA officials to visit Charleston, West Virginia

After years of dodging the region most impacted by its regulatory red tape, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday will head to the heart of American coal country for the agency's only scheduled hearing on its rollback of the coal-crushing Clean Power Plan. Published November 27, 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)

Lisa Murkowski may sway ANWR vote in Senate

With a sweeping tax reform bill on the table, energy exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- which represents one of the most intense fights between energy advocates and environmentalists in recent history -- could be the key to success in what is expected to be a close vote. Published November 26, 2017