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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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November 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Human-Trafficking Arrests Plummet Under Trump Thanks to ICE Obsession
Donald Trump is too busy trying to deport people.
November 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Ukraine Plan Nearly Drove a GOP Rep. to Quit on the Spot
Representative Don Bacon is retiring after his current term, but he was ready to pull the plug immediately.
November 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
DOJ Flouts Court Order on Trump’s Illegally Installed Attorney
A judge ruled Lindsey Halligan was unconstitutionally appointed. Donald Trump’s team doesn’t care.
November 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Suffers Humiliating Third Legal Loss in as Many Hours
Yet another of Donald Trump’s legal cases has been dismissed.
November 21, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
WTF Did Zohran Mamdani Say to Trump in White House Meeting?
Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump were unsettlingly friendly to each other after their private meeting.
November 21, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
RFK Jr. Personally Changed CDC Policy on Linking Vaccines and Autism
The change was made based on Kennedy’s personal beliefs, not actual science.
November 21, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Musk’s AI Bot Says He’s the Best at Drinking Pee and Giving Blow Jobs
Grok has gotten a little too enthusiastic about praising Elon Musk.
November 21, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Zelenskiy Warns Ukraine May No Longer Be Able to Count on Trump
Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan for Russia and Ukraine heavily favors Moscow.
November 21, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
MAGA Freaks Out That Trump Ambassador Met With Spy Who Sold Out U.S.
Ambassador Mike Huckabee met with Jonathan Pollard without the White House’s prior knowledge.
November 20, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Suffers Massive Loss Over National Guard Deployment to D.C.
But the judge stayed her own order until December 11.
November 20, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Leavitt Says She’s Not a Lawyer, but Dems’ Video Is “Punishable”
Karoline Leavitt snapped over questions about Donald Trump’s threats to execute the Democratic lawmakers.
Video is available for this article
November 20, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
“Insanity”: House in Total Chaos After Shutdown
Lawmakers seem more interested in attacking each other than doing actual work.
November 20, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Called Epstein Right After Winning 2016 Election
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother shed more light on how close Donald Trump was to the sex trafficker.
November 20, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Signs Bill to Release Epstein Files—and Immediately Freaks Out
Donald Trump is not happy about the impending release of the Epstein files.
November 19, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
MAGA Is Livid Ted Cruz Accidentally Helped Block Texas Redistricting
Oops!
November 19, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Guts Federal Protections for Whistleblowers
Donald Trump is about to make it a lot harder for whistleblowers to come forward.
November 19, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Makes Ridiculous Claim About Saudi Investment in the U.S.
Is Donald Trump just making up numbers at this point?
November 19, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Man Who Trump Pardoned for Fraud Is Headed Back to Prison … for Fraud
Surprise, surprise.
November 19, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republicans Tear Into Each Other Over Payout in Shutdown Deal
Some lawmakers aren’t happy that only a select few of their colleagues are poised to collect a check.
November 18, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Red State GOP Gives Trump the Middle Finger on Gerrymandering
Yet another of Donald Trump’s efforts to get more Republican House seats has fallen apart.

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