Molly Ball

Molly Ball is TIME's National Political Correspondent. Previously, she covered U.S. politics for The Atlantic and Politico, and worked for newspapers in Nevada and Cambodia. She is the author of Pelosi, a bestselling biography of the first woman Speaker of the House.

Recent Articles

How Chuck Schumer Became Key to the Biden Agenda

How the Senate's Great Kibitzer became the key to the Biden agenda

By Molly Ball September 2, 2021

What Mike Fanone Can't Forget

D.C. police officer Michael Fanone defended American democracy on January 6. Now, he's defending the history of that day

By Molly Ball August 5, 2021

Author J.D. Vance Turns Into Pro-Trump Candidate

“I’m not just a flip-flopper, I’m a flip-flop-flipper on Trump,” J.D. Vance says with a laugh, slicing into a half-stack of breakfast pancakes. The Hillbilly Elegy author and newly minted Republican Senate candidate is sitting...

By Molly Ball/Cincinnati July 7, 2021

America's Racial Awakening Forces Virginia Military Institute To Confront Its Past—And Future

It was a cold morning last December when they finally took Stonewall Jackson down. No ceremony was held, no protesters gathered; snowflakes swirled in the air. A crane silently hoisted the enormous bronze Confederate general...

By Molly Ball/Lexington, Va. May 27, 2021

Politics, Race, Religion: What Really Divides Americans?

America is divided—but by what? Race, religion, political party, education level: all are sources of significant social disunity these days, as people increasingly have trouble understanding or relating to those outside their identity groups. But...

By Chris Wilson May 20, 2021

The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election

The secret history of the shadow campaign that saved the election

By Molly Ball February 4, 2021

Republicans Are Split Over Trump's Second Impeachment—and the Party’s Future

"What are you afraid of?" Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Republican congresswoman from Washington state, demanded of her colleagues as they considered the second impeachment of Donald Trump. “I’m not afraid of losing my job,” Herrera...

By Molly Ball January 20, 2021

The GOP's Last Chance to Quit Trump

As the House of Representatives voted Wednesday on the second impeachment of President Donald Trump, the leader of the chamber’s Republicans, Kevin McCarthy, sought to have it both ways. Trump’s actions were wrong, McCarthy said,...

By Molly Ball January 13, 2021

How Trump's Effort to Steal the Election Tore Apart the GOP—and the Country

"We will never give up, we will never concede!" President Donald Trump told the crowd of supporters he had summoned to Washington on Jan. 6. They heard him and obeyed. Within hours, a mob of...

By Molly Ball January 7, 2021

America Is Caught Between Crisis and Confusion

As Donald Trump refuses to concede, Joe Biden prepares to take power

By Molly Ball November 12, 2020
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