Philip Elliott

Philip Elliott is a Washington Correspondent for TIME. Before joining TIME in early 2015, he spent almost a decade at The Associated Press, where he covered politics, campaign finance, education and the White House. He is a graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.

Kanye West makes his first presidential campaign appearance, in North Charleston, S.C. on July 19, 2020.

Republicans Go All-in on Kanye West Campaign as a Way to Sink Joe Biden

The most offensive thing about Republicans with ties to President Donald Tr...

The most offensive thing about Republicans with ties to President Donald Trump’s re-election efforts openly working to put rapper Kanye West on swing states’ ballots isn’t that they’re trying to pull votes away from Joe...

Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows prepares to talk with reporters following a meeting with Speaker of the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin at the Capitol in Washington on Aug. 5, 2020.

Washington Grinds To a Halt, Leaving Americans’ Mounting Problems Unsolved

There are times when everyone in Washington puts their best face forward an...

There are times when everyone in Washington puts their best face forward and projects optimism. As unemployment insurance drops out from under millions of Americans, evictions are no longer banned and even post offices have...

Kris Kobach, a candidate for the Republican nomination to U.S. Senate, talks with reporters at his primary-night watch party in Leavenworth, Kan. on Aug. 4, 2020.

With Mainstream GOP Candidate’s Win in Kansas, Republicans Dodge a Problem Child

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went to bed Tuesday night with one l...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went to bed Tuesday night with one less fear of losing his gavel, his grip on power threatened by one fewer fringy contender. As Kansans cast their ballots in the...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during a news conference after attending a Republican luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 21, 2020.

McConnell Says Local Budget Offices Are Hoarding Cash. They Say: Malarkey

It was one of those comments that stops Washington insiders cold in their t...

It was one of those comments that stops Washington insiders cold in their tracks. On Saturday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was telling an interviewer that his home state of Kentucky — among the worst...

People crowd around an OESC employee to get a number at an unemployment event in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 15, 2020.

Despite What the White House Says, Unemployment Aid Doesn’t Encourage Americans to Stay Out of Work

In almost every political fight, you can count on one thing: the creation o...

In almost every political fight, you can count on one thing: the creation of a stereotype that can summon critics’ outrage and make its defense indefensible. Ronald Reagan’s 1976 bid for the White House introduced...

Herman Cain in his office in Stockbridge, Ga. on April 17, 2019.

Herman Cain Helped Define the American Black Conservative Movement. He Also Set the Stage for Trump

The Republican politician and businessman died July 30, weeks after attendi...

The Republican politician and businessman died July 30, weeks after attending Trump's controversial Tulsa rally

Mourners watch a broadcast of former President Barack Obama speaking at the funeral for the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) outside Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Lewis' funeral is taking place, in Atlanta, July 30, 2020.

The Best Way to Honor John Lewis? Ditch the Filibuster, Barack Obama Says

When Barack Obama strode to the front of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr...

When Barack Obama strode to the front of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s one-time church in Atlanta to eulogize Civil Rights icon and Congressman John Lewis, few expected the take-away to be his...

Philip Elliott

Republicans Go All-in on Kanye West Campaign as a Way to Sink Joe Biden

Washington Grinds To a Halt, Leaving Americans’ Mounting Problems Unsolved

With Mainstream GOP Candidate’s Win in Kansas, Republicans Dodge a Problem Child

McConnell Says Local Budget Offices Are Hoarding Cash. They Say: Malarkey

Despite What the White House Says, Unemployment Aid Doesn’t Encourage Americans to Stay Out of Work

Herman Cain Helped Define the American Black Conservative Movement. He Also Set the Stage for Trump

The Best Way to Honor John Lewis? Ditch the Filibuster, Barack Obama Says

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