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.

JD Vance, the venture capitalist and author of Hillbilly Elegy, speaks with supporters after a rally in Middletown, Ohio, on July 1, 2021.

Breakfast with J.D. Vance, Anti-Trump Author Turned Pro-Trump Candidate

“I’m not just a flip-flopper, I’m a flip-flop-flipper on Trump,” J.D. Vance...

“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...

Civil War cannons outside the barracks that
house Virginia Military Institute’s cadets in Lexington, Va. on May 6, 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 Jackso...

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...

Politics, Race, Religion: What Really Divides Americans? Take Our Exclusive Quiz

America is divided—but by what? Race, religion, political party, education ...

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...

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

The secret history of the shadow campaign that saved the election

Marine One carrying Donald Trump departs the White House ahead of President Biden's inauguration in Washington on Jan. 20, 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...

"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...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi presides over the vote on the impeachment article against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, on Jan.13, 2020.

Impeachment Was the GOP's Last Chance to Quit Donald Trump

As the House of Representatives voted Wednesday on the second impeachment o...

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,...

Pro-Trump rioters clash with police before gaining entry to the U.S. Capitol following an inflammatory speech by President Trump on Jan. 6.

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...

"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...