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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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June 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Immigration Team Goes Full Fascist With Threat to Visa Holders
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have new rules for visa and green card holders.
June 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Has Paranoid Response to Damning Leaked Iran Strikes Report
Donald Trump is icing Congress out for fear of more leaks that make him look bad.
June 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Fox News Accidentally Makes Great Case for Zohran Mamdani as NYC Mayor
Fox News’s anti–Zohran Mamdani segment ran like a campaign ad.
June 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Issues Insane Warning About Israel and Iran Conflict
Donald Trump appeared to pour cold water on the ceasefire he bragged about.
June 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
MAGA Enters Racist Meltdown Mode Over Zohran Mamdani’s New York Win
Zohran Mamdani pulled off a stunning upset to win the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City.
June 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary in Massive Upset
Mamdani’s primary win means he is most likely the next mayor of New York City.
June 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Turns Out, Trump’s Reckless Iran Strikes Didn’t Achieve Anything
Donald Trump insists that he set Iran’s nuclear program back by years.
June 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
RFK Jr. Admits He Knows Nothing About Actually Treating Measles
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been pushing anti-vaccine cures for the deadly disease.
June 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Dodges Key Question on Iran Nuclear Capabilities
Donald Trump continues to claim success with Iran and Israel, despite it appearing the he hasn’t actually achieved anything yet.
June 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Ramps Up Fight With “LOSER” Republican Rep Who Called Him Out
Representative Thomas Massie eased off a bit, but that still didn’t stop Donald Trump.
June 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Tears Into Federal Reserve Chair Over Cratering U.S. Economy
Jerome Powell, for his part, brushed off Donald Trump’s crazed rant.
June 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Issues Confusing Veiled Threat to Putin Over Iran
Donald Trump picked a very interesting time to bring up America’s nuclear submarines.
June 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republican Rep Ties Himself in Knots Defending Trump’s Iran Strike
Try to make any sense of what Representative Pat Harrigan said.
June 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Iran’s Latest Move Shows Trump’s Reckless Strike Is Already Backfiring
Donald Trump claimed his goal was to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons. He is failing.
June 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Melts Down Over One Republican Who Dares Defy Him on Iran
Representative Thomas Massie has stuck to his guns, often in opposition to Donald Trump.
June 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
JD Vance Gives Stunningly Bad Defense of Why Trump Bombed Iran
JD Vance insisted in the worst way possible that Donald Trump knows what he’s doing.
June 17, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Team Is Already Lying About Detention of NYC Mayoral Candidate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was detained after asking ICE agents at an immigration court if they had a warrant.
June 17, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Own Staffers Don’t Think He’s Fit to Be President
A damning new interview reveals that some White House staffers think Donald Trump is unfit to lead.
June 17, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Putin Gives Trump Middle Finger With New Attack on Ukraine
The attack, which killed 15 people including an American citizen, came hours after Donald Trump publicly sucked up to Vladimir Putin.
June 17, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Finally Says If He’ll Call Tim Walz. You’ll Wish He Hadn’t.
Donald Trump had a disgusting answer when asked if he intended to call Governor Tim Walz.

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