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## W.J. Hennigan


W.J. Hennigan is a senior correspondent at TIME, based in the Washington, D.C., bureau. He has reported from more than two dozen countries across five continents, covering war, the arms trade, and the lives of U.S. service members. Before joining TIME in 2017, Hennigan worked for more than eight years at the Los Angeles _Times_, where he was part of a team of journalists that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2016 for coverage of the San Bernardino terror attacks.


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## W.J. Hennigan


Articles 308Collections 1

* ![lab employees wearing yellow suits stand by empty waste drums used for training](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt30268a834eb1710d/698a3ee4b21a9cde015076cf/los-alamos-nuclear-development-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 24, 2023  
### [Inside the Los Alamos Lab Making Nuclear Bomb Parts Again](https://time.com/6296743/los-alamos-lab-plutonium-pits-nuclear-weapons/)  
What to know about the effort to restart America’s nuclear-weapons manufacturing program.  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![TOPSHOT-US-INTELLIGENCE-MILITARY-DOCUMENTS-LEAK-MEDIA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c6395bf7a91b49e/698a3c55096a94928d6adb22/GettyImages-1251791995.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 5, 2023  
### [Pentagon To Bolster Security Measures After Discord Leak](https://time.com/6292364/jack-teixeira-discord-leak-pentagon-security/)  
An intelligence review recommended the U.S. military revise policies related to how secret informati...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Russia Political Infighting](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddf691fb70bf1435/698a3e2847ca38b7ad3bae4a/russia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 26, 2023  
### [Wagner's Revolt in Russia Stirred Fears of a Nuclear Crisis](https://time.com/6290060/wagner-russia-prigozhin-nuclear-crisis-fears/)  
It's the stuff of nightmares for an American president: the loss of a Russian nuclear warhead into t...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![US-CANADA-TITANIC-SUBMERSIBLE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf805d32330ff816d/698a3e04e6e84a3fb52b0383/titan-submersible-missing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 20, 2023  
### [US Sends Salvage System In Titanic Sub Search](https://time.com/6288699/navy-salvage-titanic-sub/)  
The Navy lift system is designed to recover heavy sunken objects that weigh up to 60,000 pounds.  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during the annual meeting of the Arms Control Association at the National Press Club on June 2 in Washington. Sullivan spoke on a range of topics, including the Biden administration's willingness to engage with Russia on nuclear arms control after Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to suspend the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0917514a5bc319d5/698a3d8b096a9409156add0c/jake-sullivan-arms-control.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 2, 2023  
### [U.S. Offers Nuke Talks With Russia and China](https://time.com/6284556/nuclear-weapons-talks-us-russia-china/)  
A top Biden Administration official offered to engage in discussions to stave off a looming arms rac...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![USA-CHINA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta21b0a74b29dca4a/698a3bf986f68e462d6f2538/us-china.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 30, 2023  
### [U.S. Accuses China Of Aggressively Intercepting Spy Plane](https://time.com/6283620/pentagon-video-china-us-spy-plane-incident/)  
The military published video Tuesday of the latest in a series of incidents in the region between th...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Congress Air Force](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde73d2101eda5c95/698a0f1f86f68e87e76eed84/charles-brown-first-black-military-chief.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 25, 2023  
### [Biden's Historic Choice For Next Head of Joint Chiefs](https://time.com/6282556/biden-nominates-charles-cq-brown-joint-chiefs/)  
If confirmed by the Senate, CQ Brown would be nation's second Black Joint Chiefs chairman  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![BELGIUM-NATO-DEFENCE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb92c2604c2d5e292/698a39e486f68e40fe6f21b4/GettyImages-1244056081.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 19, 2023  
### [Biden Relents To Pressure on Fighter Jets For Ukraine](https://time.com/6281334/biden-ukraine-f-16-fighter-jets/)  
The turnabout came as Biden met his counterparts ahead of the G7 conference this weekend in Hiroshim...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![TOPSHOT-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-WAR](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb531d91fe05d395/698a3c1e096a94765b6adad9/GettyImages-1250796593.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 18, 2023  
### [Pentagon Accounting Error Means $3 Billion More For Ukraine](https://time.com/6281063/pentagon-accounting-error-ukraine-arms-funding/)  
The error means more U.S. defense funds will be available to support the Ukrainian effort to beat ba...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![APTOPIX Mexico Migrants](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81493ec244cd9b54/698a3cc0929fadab77bf9d05/migrants-title-42.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 10, 2023  
### [How Biden Plans to Deal With the Looming Border Crisis](https://time.com/6278656/biden-title-42-migration-border-crisis/)  
With Title 42 set to end, U.S. officials expect an unprecedented surge at the border  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![meridith-kohut-american-troops-border-migration](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f37dee1b50c9a6d/69893f3422fb8584ede272de/meridith-kohut-us-troops-border-migration-9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 2, 2023  
### [Biden Orders 1,500 Troops to Border Ahead of Migration Surge](https://time.com/6276438/biden-troops-border-title42/)  
The U.S. is bracing for a record surge across the southern border when Title 42 ends May 11  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 27, 2023  
### [Inside the Race to Arm Ukraine](https://time.com/6274688/arming-ukraine-counteroffensive/)  
The U.S. and European allies are scrambling to complete a complex and unprecedented mission before U...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Biden South Korea President](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18add8fa2cefcf8a/698a3c48b3fce3f3350ca656/biden-south-korea-yoon-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 26, 2023  
### [U.S and South Korea Ink Nuclear Accord Amid Rising Tensions](https://time.com/6274803/us-south-korea-nuclear-deterrence-declaration/)  
The focus on deterrence underscores how little the U.S. has achieved in its diplomatic struggle to c...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![US-MILITARY-INTELLIGENCE-DOCUMENTS-LEAK-MEDIA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4770107d7c2a0243/698a3c01b3fce379b00ca5d7/jack-teixeira-arrest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 19, 2023  
### [Intel Unit Halts Mission After Discord Leak](https://time.com/6272814/teixeira-discord-leak-unit-halts-mission/)  
Saga of the alleged 21-year-old leaker embroils Massachusetts Air National Guard unit  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![US-MILITARY-INTELLIGENCE-DOCUMENTS-LEAK-MEDIA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4770107d7c2a0243/698a3c01b3fce379b00ca5d7/jack-teixeira-arrest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 13, 2023  
### [The Arrest of Jack Teixeira Reveals New Security Challenges](https://time.com/6271787/jack-teixeira-arrest-leaks/)  
The most damaging disclosure of U.S. government documents in a decade may have stemmed from the hubr...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)

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