Molly Ball

National Political Correspondent, TIME

Molly Ball appears in the following:

Monday Morning Politics: Post-Thanksgiving Recap

Monday, November 27, 2023

Molly Ball, senior political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal recaps the latest political news after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Monday Morning Politics: Banking Backstop; Biden's Budget; 2024 and More

Monday, March 13, 2023

Molly Ball on the banking crisis, Biden's budget plan and other national news.

New Year Politics

Tuesday, January 03, 2023

A look at the new divided Congress and what the Republican majority in the House will do in the first weeks of January.

Friday Morning Politics: The Future of Democratic Leadership

Friday, November 18, 2022

A Republican majority in congress, Nancy Pelosi stepping down from Democratic leadership, and whether President Biden will run for reelection in 2024.

Monday Morning Politics: Dems Win the Senate

Monday, November 14, 2022

Over the weekend, more election results came in that showed Democrats won the Senate. TIME magazine's Molly Ball talks about the win, and what it means for the lame duck session.

Wednesday Morning Politics: Chaos at the Capitol

Thursday, January 07, 2021

We discuss the chaos at the Capitol and other news out of Washington.

Changing Political Campaigns

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Campaigning in the time of COVID-19 and after.

'Keep It 100': Pelosi's Rise to Power

Friday, May 15, 2020

Molly Ball, political correspondent for TIME, discusses her new book, Pelosi, about Nancy Pelosi’s rise to power.

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All About Nancy

Thursday, May 07, 2020

Molly Ball on her new bio of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and how she wields her power.

Supreme Court Politics, Enthusiasm for Midterm Elections & Tariffs

Monday, July 09, 2018

 Supreme Court politics, midterm elections and tariffs.

Unification Attempts Behind Party Lines

Thursday, February 23, 2017

The Democrats are attempting to rally behind a new DNC chair as the president appeases social conservatives with a reversal on protections for transgender students.

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Trump, An Outsider With a Pinch of Establishment

Monday, August 08, 2016

Donald Trump has won the Republican nomination running on an outsider platform, but other anti-establishment politicians have not fared well this election year.

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Coming Around to Trump, Considering Clinton

Monday, May 16, 2016

Molly Ball, political reporter for The Atlantic, discusses how the Democrats and the Republicans are feeling about their prospective nominees.

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Political Obfuscation and the 9th GOP Debate

Monday, February 15, 2016

The Atlantic's Molly Ball rounds up the latest political news, starting with the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and covering the ninth Republican debate over the weekend.

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Politicians React to US Policy Toward ISIS and Syrian Refugees

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

After Friday night's terror attacks in Paris, U.S. politicians are laying out how they would deal with ISIS and the flow of Syrian refugees.

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'I Know Because I Won Both of Them'

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

In his State of the Union speech last night, a confident President Obama noted that he "has no more campaigns to run." Our experts unpack Obama's policy proposals, and his tone.

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Does the GOP's Future Include Latino Voters?

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Conventional wisdom says Republicans have to figure out a way to court Latino voters. After Eric Cantor's loss, some are wondering if the GOP and immigration reform, which Latino voters overwhelmingly support, can co-exist. Molly Ball, political reporter for the Atlantic, and Leslie Sanchez, Republican strategist, and author of Los Republicanos, Why Hispanics and Republicans Need Each Other (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), looks at the future of the GOP, and whether it could include large numbers of Latino voters.

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The Deep History of De Blasio & the Clintons

Monday, December 30, 2013

It's a chance for de Blasio to move away from his reputation as a "wild-eyed socialist," says the Atlantic's Molly Ball.

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DC Has A Budget. Everyone Gets Along Now, Right?

Monday, December 16, 2013

This week, the Senate is expected to take up the budget deal that passed the House last week with bipartisan support. Molly Ball, political reporter for The Atlantic, discusses the latest news out of Washington, whether this new budget agreement signals a new era for collaboration in DC, and what to make of John Boehner's willingness to call out conservative groups.

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Monday Morning National Politics

Monday, November 18, 2013

Molly Ball, politics writer for The Atlantic, looks at the politics around the twists and turns of the Obamacare rollout and other national news.

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