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Molly Ball

ARTICLES BY MOLLY BALL

The US government plans to take a 10% stake in the troubled U.S. chip maker Intel

Trump’s Intel move blurs party lines on economic intervention

4 min read . 25 Aug 2025

US President Donald Trump. (File Photo: AFP)

In Trump 2.0, ‘free trade’ Republicans are a dying breed

5 min read . 03 May 2025

Trump assumes the presidency with the West Coast still in flames, a cease-fire hanging by a thread in the Middle East and the addictively popular social-media app TikTok technically outlawed but continuing to operate. (Image: Bloomberg)

Trump takes office determined to bend government to his singular will

6 min read . 21 Jan 2025

Kamala Harris got ample opportunity to define both herself and her opponent in the debate. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (AFP)

Harris used debate to define herself—and Trump

4 min read . 11 Sept 2024

Democratic presidential nominee vice president Kamala Harris. (AP)

Kamala Harris defines the Democrats’ new normal

10 min read . 23 Aug 2024

US President Joe Biden has endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris as his successor. Photo: AP

Biden withdrawal caps weeks of epic political turbulence

7 min read . 22 Jul 2024

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, former first lady Melania Trump, Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance celebrate after officially accepting the Republican presidential and vice presidential nominations on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Getty Images via AFP)

Trump hasn’t changed, but the GOP has

9 min read . 19 Jul 2024

The morning papers in Melbourne on July 15, 2024, show the headlines and photos after the assassination attempt on Republican candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. AFP (AFP)

Trump assassination attempt exposes the mortal core of America’s politics

5 min read . 15 Jul 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden attends the first presidential debate hosted by CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, US on 27 June 2024. (Photo: Reuters) (REUTERS)

Biden’s disastrous night stands to alter course of the election

4 min read . 28 Jun 2024

Many young people are searching for a different way of approaching politics.

Far from the protests, some students try to meet in the middle

8 min read . 25 May 2024

Polls show President Biden’s principal weakness is with the middle of the electorate.

While Biden worries about the left, the voters he needs are in the center

10 min read . 16 Apr 2024