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.

From left, Democratic presidential candidates, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and businessman Tom Steyer, participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate at the Gaillard Center, Tuesday, Feb. 25 in Charleston, S.C.

Desperate Democrats Brawl in Chaotic South Carolina Debate

The stage in Charleston was set for a pile-on. Senator Bernie Sanders stood...

The stage in Charleston was set for a pile-on. Senator Bernie Sanders stood in the middle of the seven-candidate field, flanked by competitors all too aware that his lead in the Democratic primary is on...

(L-R) Democratic presidential hopefuls Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Former Vice President Joe Biden, Former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg and Indiana Senator Amy Klobuchar arrive on stage for the ninth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season in Las Vegas on Feb. 19, 2020.

Bloomberg Bombs in Democratic Debate as Warren Fights Back

Going into Wednesday’s Democratic debate, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomb...

Going into Wednesday’s Democratic debate, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg loomed over the field like a colossus. His hundreds of millions of dollars in TV ads had desperate Democratic voters casting him as a...

Senator Bernie Sanders at the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Event in Manchester, N.H. on Feb. 8, 2020.

With New Hampshire Win, Bernie Sanders Is the Democrats’ 2020 Front-Runner

Sanders’s success in the first two contests makes him the undeniable front-...

Sanders’s success in the first two contests makes him the undeniable front-runner

People arrive to vote in the New Hampshire Presidential Primary at Fair Grounds Junior High School in Nashua, N.H., on Feb. 11, 2020.

In New Hampshire, Democratic Voters Are Paralyzed by Fear of Making the Wrong Choice

This is the room that scares the crap out of the Democratic establishment: ...

This is the room that scares the crap out of the Democratic establishment: a college gymnasium in Keene, N.H., packed to the rafters with nearly 2,000 Bernie Sanders fans joyfully noodle-dancing to a Vermont-based jam...

Democratic presidential hopefuls entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and Billionaire activist Tom Steyer take part in the eighth Democratic primary debate in Manchester, N.H., on Feb. 7, 2020.

The Biggest Takeaways From the New Hampshire Democratic Debate

With voting underway for the Democratic nomination, seven of the party’s pr...

With voting underway for the Democratic nomination, seven of the party’s presidential candidates met for a debate—and the collective anxiety was palpable. There’s no frontrunner, the president has just been acquitted for impeachment and voters...