Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

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Breaking News Writer at The New Republic

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Articles

Here’s How Much the Government Spends on Stroking Trump’s Ego

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Grandiose efforts to boost Donald Trump’s ego are costing America a fortune. Trump’s second term is still shy of the six-month mark, but already, millions have been spent to flatter him. Just three stunts to fluff the president have already totaled upward of a billion dollars, reported Rolling Stone Friday.
Trump Pardoned Proud Boy Leaders. Now They’re Suing the Government.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Donald Trump pardoned the Proud Boys for invading the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Now they want compensation. On Friday, a coalition of the far-right paramilitary group’s leaders filed to sue the federal government for $100 million—plus 6 percent in interest—claiming that, in light of their pardons, their arrest and various charges had actually violated their constitutional rights.
Trump Unloads on Elon Musk in Damning New Interview

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

For months, Donald Trump and Elon Musk were practically inseparable. Now, a week after the Tesla CEO formally left the White House, the president has a new title for his ex-financier: “the man who has lost his mind.”Speaking with ABC News’s Jonathan Karl early Friday morning, Trump added fuel to the MAGA duo’s viscerally public breakup. He did not, however, sound “angry or even concerned” about the feud, reported Karl.
Trump Team Scrambles After Report He’s Killing Manufacturing Jobs

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

The labor market is slowing, but it’s all good news in the White House. The U.S. added 139,000 jobs in May, a slight decline from April, according to a jobs report released Friday. The unemployment rate remained at 4.2 percent, still within the ballpark of historic lows reached in 2023, when the unemployment rate reached 3.4 percent—the lowest it had been in more than five decades.
Trump Team Scrambles After Report He’s Killing Manufacturing Jobs

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

2 hours agoBettors are waging the relationship between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk is unlikely to be repaired anytime soon, despite the world’s wealthiest man signaling he was willing to de-escalate tensions, as their public feud appeared to cool Friday. Key Facts Polymarket, a blockchain-based betting …
Here’s How Much the Government Spends Flattering Trump

3 weeks ago | newrepublic.com | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Grandiose efforts to boost Donald Trump’s ego are costing America a fortune. Trump’s second term is still shy of the six-month mark, but already, millions have been spent to flatter him. Just three stunts to fluff the president have already totaled upward of a billion dollars, reported Rolling Stone Friday.
Trump Commerce Sec Makes Bananas Claim About Tariffs (Literally)

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

The Trump administration’s brilliant plan to use tariffs as a means to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. has run into a bit of a hitch: Not everything that the public wants can be manufactured in America. Testifying before the House Appropriations Committee Thursday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tried to brush off concerns over the president’s tariff proposals, insisting that the nation and its myriad businesses would learn self-reliance under the controversial policy.
Supreme Court Sides With Straight Woman on “Reverse Discrimination”

3 weeks ago | newrepublic.com | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

The Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to file lawsuits over “reverse discrimination.”The nation’s highest judiciary sided with an Ohio woman who claimed that she had been passed over for a job and was subsequently demoted because she was straight. Marlean Ames, a 20-year employee at the Ohio Department of Youth Services, claimed that the promotion and the job she previously held were both given to LGBTQ people.
SCOTUS Sides With Straight Woman in Sexuality Discrimination Case

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

The Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to file lawsuits over “reverse discrimination.”The nation’s highest judiciary sided with an Ohio woman who claimed that she had been passed over for a job and was subsequently demoted because she was straight. Marlean Ames, a 20-year employee at the Ohio Department of Youth Services, claimed that the promotion and the job she previously held were both given to LGBTQ people.
Will Budget Bill Fight Spell Doom for Trump and Elon Musk’s Bromance?

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Tensions are rising between Donald Trump and his biggest 2024 campaign financier, Elon Musk. The dynamic duo—who were practically inseparable after November—are driving apart over their differing opinions on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” an extension to his 2017 tax cuts for multimillionaires and corporations that is projected to add trillions to the national deficit.