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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling is an associate writer covering breaking news at The New Republic. Her work has also appeared in The Daily Beast, The Guardian, Gothamist and The Real Deal.

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December 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Supreme Court Lets Trump Get Closer to Ending Birthright Citizenship
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in the attack on the constitutional right.
December 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
FIFA Gives Trump a Dumb Medal So He’ll Stop Talking About Nobel Prize
Would a peace prize by any other name smell as sweet?
December 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mike Johnson Is Struggling to Keep Control of His Party
One lawmaker said the caucus has realized they are all “on our own.”
December 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump, 79, Is Freaking Out About Stories That He’s a Tired Old Man
There have been multiple stories about Donald Trump’s apparent decline—and he is not happy about it.
December 4, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Nearly Has a Stroke Trying to Pronounce Names of African Leaders
Donald Trump struggled to pronounce the names of the Rwandan and Congolese presidents.
December 4, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Top Military Commander Showed Lawmakers Boat Strike Video—and It’s Bad
Representative Jim Himes said the video showed two survivors in “clear distress.”
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December 4, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Top Military Commander Plans Wild Defense of Second Boat Strike
Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s chosen scapegoat, will testify before the House and Senate Armed Services Committees.
December 4, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
NY Times Sues Pete Hegseth for Kicking Them Out of the Pentagon
Hegseth imposed new restrictions on media access that resulted in multiple legacy outlets leaving the Pentagon.
December 3, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Backs Pete Hegseth on Boat Strikes Even as GOP Turns on Him
Donald Trump said Pete Hegseth is doing “exactly” the right thing in the Caribbean.
December 3, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mike Johnson Says He’s in Control of GOP as Elise Stefanik Beef Grows
Elise Stefanik’s attacks on the House speaker are escalating.
December 3, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Kash Patel Lets Slip How He’ll Stall Releasing the Epstein Files
We still may not get all the information the Trump administration has on Jeffrey Epstein.
December 3, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Pete Hegseth Tells Katie Miller to Her Face That He Hates Her Husband
Pete Hegseth didn’t mince words when discussing Stephen Miller.
December 3, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Lindsey Graham Is Furious at the Pope for the Dumbest Reason
Graham urged the pope to stay on “the right side of history.”
December 2, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Kristi Noem Thanks Trump for Keeping Hurricanes Away (?!)
The homeland security secretary got extra creative in sucking up to President Trump.
December 2, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Pope Leo Warns Trump About Next Steps in Venezuela
Pope Leo XIV is urging the U.S. against military intervention in Venezuela.
December 2, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Top Republicans Turn Against Hegseth, Demand Video of Boat Strike
Trump’s defense secretary is slowly losing the support of leading Republicans in Congress.
December 2, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Notorious Drug Trafficker Officially Walks Free Thanks to Trump
Donald Trump has pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández.
December 2, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Shares More Than 150 Brainrot Posts in Late-Night Rampage
Donald Trump, 79, is losing it.
December 1, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Kash Patel Is Under Investigation for Using FBI Jet as Private Uber
The FBI director has used the agency plane to fly all over the country to visit his girlfriend.
December 1, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Karoline Leavitt Flails Trying to Defend Pete Hegseth’s Second Strike
She also tried to shift blame away from Hegseth.

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