Threat Status

An edgy and informative look at the biggest U.S. national security and geopolitical issues making headlines right now. Less about hot takes and more about depth, the Threat Status podcast is helmed by veteran Washington Times journalists Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor and features regular appearances by insiders with expertise on war, politics and global affairs.

Here's how the Golden Dome will actually work 04/18/2025

Are Chinese troops fighting in Ukraine? 04/11/2025

Inside the mission to build President Trump's 'Golden Dome' 04/04/2025

Why are federal officials using Signal? 03/28/2025

How dangerous is superintelligent AI? 03/21/2025

Rep. Mark Green on AI-driven extremism, U.S.-Russia talks, and the DOGE 'wrecking ball' 03/14/2025

Is Trump's hardball Ukraine strategy working? 03/07/2025

An inside look at why President Trump fired top military officers 02/28/2025

Inside the IDEX 2025 weapons expo 02/21/2025

Does USAID deserve to be saved? 02/14/2025

Is the DOGE a threat to national security? 02/07/2025

Will China beat the U.S. to Mars? 01/31/2025

Will President Trump deploy U.S. troops to Mexico? 01/24/2025

Should Americans fear the "tech-industrial complex?" 01/17/2025

Is America losing the hypersonic weapons race? 01/10/2025

Job No. 1 for Trump: Defending the U.S. homeland 01/03/2025

The TikTok fight reaches its crescendo; and a look at US-China space competition 12/20/2024

Upheaval in Syria, mysterious drones, the space economy, and US-China competition 12/13/2024

How much waste and inefficiency will the DOGE find at the Pentagon? 12/06/2024

Rep. Nancy Mace on whether the government is lying about UFOs 12/01/2024

Is the Biden administration sabotaging Trump on Ukraine policy? 11/22/2024

What do Trump's controversial cabinet picks mean for US foreign policy? And an explosive House hearing on UFOs 11/15/2024

What does Trump's win mean for NATO, Ukraine, and Russia? And how a second Trump term could impact the Mideast war 11/08/2024

Why wasn't China a bigger issue in the 2024 presidential race? And what role could Elon Musk play in a Trump administration? 11/01/2024

Who leaked classified US documents about Israeli military plans? And North Korean troops could soon be in Ukraine 10/25/2024

Is the Axis of Authoritarians getting bigger and more dangerous? And why Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's victory plan fell flat. 10/18/2024

Do Ukrainians want Trump or Harris to win the US election? And China once again undermines America, this time in the Red Sea 10/11/2024

How close are we to World War III? And new warning signs about the terror threat to the U.S. homeland 10/04/2024

An inside look at Israel's exploding pager operation. And why can't the US military ever pull back from the Middle East? 09/27/2024

Did Venezuelan President Maduro pull off one of the most brazen election thefts in history? And a preview of the high-stakes UN General Assembly 09/20/2024