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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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March 28, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Gets Devastating Review on Economy in New Poll
Donald Trump’s changes to the economy are freaking everyone out.
March 28, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Attorney General Has Bonkers Excuse for Using Signal
Yet another one of Donald Trump’s officials has no clue about data privacy.
March 28, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Greenland’s New Government Has One Main Goal—and Trump Will Be Livid
Donald Trump’s efforts to control Greenland continue to backfire spectacularly.
March 28, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Elon Musk Brags About How Much He Controls Trump
Elon Musk is getting Donald Trump to do all of his dirty work.
March 27, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
New York Uses Rare Move to Block Texas’s Anti-Abortion Crusade
New York officials used a shield law for the first time to prevent an abortion provider from being punished in a different state.
March 27, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
DOJ Bends the Knee to Trump Over War Plans Group Chat Fiasco
Pam Bondi had a bonkers answer when asked if she would investigate the group chat.
March 27, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Just Accidentally Screwed Over His Own U.N. Ambassador Nominee
Representative Elise Stefanik’s departure would have left her colleagues with a dangerously thin majority.
March 27, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Privately Unloads on Mike Waltz Over War Plans Group Chat
Donald Trump isn’t just angry with his national security adviser—he’s growing suspicious.
March 27, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Accidentally Reveals Just How Clueless He Is on Basic Intel
Looks like the war plans group chat isn’t the only intelligence being kept from Donald Trump.
March 26, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Usha Vance’s Greenland Trip Somehow Gets More Embarrassing for Trump
Turns out, no one wants to hang out with Usha Vance.
March 26, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Top Trump Security Advisers’ Private Info Now Available Online
Contact information and even some passwords for members of the war plans group chat can be found online.
March 26, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Democrat Forces Tulsi Gabbard to Make Crucial Confession on Group Chat
Representative Chrissy Houlahan tore into Tulsi Gabbard about the war plans chat.
March 26, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Own Intel Official Just Blew up His Mass Deportation Excuse
CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s words may come back to bite Donald Trump in his immigration lawsuits.
March 26, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Russia May Already Have Accessed Group Chat, Ex-Official Warns
One of the group chat members was in Moscow at the time.
March 26, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Democrats Just Flipped a Massively Pro-Trump District
Democrats scored key victories in Pennsylvania.
March 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Has Bizarre Defense for Advisers Making Group Chat on Signal
Donald Trump was asked whether he approved of his top advisers using the messaging platform to discuss war plans.
March 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Team Claims it Made Billions Off a Gold Card That Doesn’t Exist
Howard Lutnick bragged about selling U.S. residency.
March 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Tulsi Gabbard Torched for Claiming No Classified Intel Shared in Chat
Senators Mark Kelly and Angus King grilled Gabbard over what exactly was sent in the war plans group chat.
March 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Gives His Real Statement on Group Chat Fiasco—and It’s Awful
Donald Trump is trying to spin the fact that his advisers shared confidential war plans in an unsecured group chat.
March 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Pete Hegseth’s Defense for Disastrous Group Chat Blows up in His Face
The defense secretary scrambled to explain how confidential war plans were shared in a group chat.

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