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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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April 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Is Privately Freaking Out About the Ukraine War
Donald Trump is finding it a lot harder to end the war than he first said it would be.
April 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Putin Allies Can’t Believe How Much Trump Is Groveling to Them
While Donald Trump is bragging about the Ukraine peace deal, Vladimir Putin’s allies are laughing at him.
April 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s New Merch Is a Horrifying Warning
Donald Trump is making it pretty clear he plans to say in power forever.
April 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Elon Musk Had Screaming Fight With Treasury Sec. for Pettiest Reason
The two men nearly reportedly came to blows.
April 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
How Trump Just Made His Own Cryptocurrency Value Skyrocket
Donald Trump’s latest cryptocurrency scheme is his most corrupt yet.
April 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Has New Strategy to End Ukraine War: Begging Putin Online
Donald Trump has fallen a long way from ending the Ukraine war on day one.
April 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Marco Rubio’s Spokeswoman Has Tantrum on Air Over Ukraine Talks
State Department Spokeswoman Tammy Bruce snapped when asked about efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
April 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Senior Democrat to Retire After Viral Primary Challenger Announced
Representative Jan Schakowsky will retire after 14 terms in Congress.
April 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Is Flopping on His Main Campaign Promise, Brutal New Poll Shows
Donald Trump is failing at immigration now, too.
April 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
60 Minutes Chief Abruptly Quit. Here’s the Reason Why.
Executive producer Bill Owens resigned, saying he could no longer run the show independently.
April 23, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Steve Bannon (Yes, Really!) Just Had a Good Idea for Trump
And a broken clock is right twice a day.
April 11, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Scores Massive Win as Judge Rules He Can Deport Mahmoud Khalil
The ruling comes despite the fact that Secretary of State Marco Rubio admitted that the pro-Palestine activist didn’t do anything illegal.
April 11, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Has Some Potentially Deadly Cuts Planned for Weather Research
Donald Trump continues to purge crucial government services.
April 11, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Trade Rep. Fumbles Key Question on How Much Tariffs Will Cost
Jamieson Greer rushed to downplay how much tariffs will increase costs for American households.
April 11, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Here’s How Trump Plans to Take Control of Greenland
Donald Trump’s plan exposes just how clueless he is.
April 11, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Gives us All Whiplash With Threat of New Tariffs—Now on Mexico
Very stable genius Donald Trump continues to go back and forth on tariffs.
April 10, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Says He Isn’t Hosting a Birthday Parade. Local Leaders Disagree.
Donald Trump wants to throw a military parade on Flag Day—which also happens to be his birthday.
April 10, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Two Planes Just Collided. Trump Team Is Arguing With People About it.
Donald Trump is choosing to pick a fight instead of responding to the accident.
April 10, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mike Johnson Reveals His Disastrous Plans for Medicaid
The House speaker has a cruel plan now that he’s passed the budget.
April 10, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Can’t Stave Off Recession Even After Chickening Out on Tariffs
Analysts are not thrilled with the outlook for the U.S. economy.

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