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Ellen Ioanes
World & Weekend Reporter
Ellen Ioanes covers global and general assignment news as the World and Weekend reporter at Vox. She’s been reporting on US politics and policy and foreign affairs since 2021, covering Russia’s war with Ukraine, US congressional policy, and South Asian politics, among other issues.
She previously worked at Business Insider covering the military and global conflict, and has bylines in the Guardian, Foreign Policy, the Center for Public Integrity, and others. She has a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. You can follow her on Twitter @girlstothefront or email her at [email protected] with tips.
Latest articles by Ellen Ioanes
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![Are North Carolina Republicans trying to steal a state supreme court seat?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-1245440088.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Allison Riggs won the seat by 734 votes, but her opponent is trying to invalidate 60,000.
![What banning medical debt from your credit score actually means](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2188788234.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What banning medical debt from your credit score actually means](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2188788234.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Biden administration announced the rule Tuesday, but it might not last under Trump.
![Justin Trudeau is resigning. Here’s what comes next.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-1397977889.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Justin Trudeau is resigning. Here’s what comes next.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-1397977889.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
A cost-of-living crisis and conflict in the Liberal Party mean the resignation’s not a surprise.
![The past 24 hours in South Korea’s chaotic politics, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2191675010.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![The past 24 hours in South Korea’s chaotic politics, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/gettyimages-2191675010.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
South Korea’s impeached president avoided arrest — for now.
![The Matt Gaetz ethics report, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2184367498.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.25%2C0%2C67.5%2C100&w=2400)
![The Matt Gaetz ethics report, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2184367498.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.61728395061728%2C100%2C98.765432098765&w=2400)
The report accuses Gaetz of paying women for sex — including a 17-year-old.
![The people who deliver your Amazon packages are striking. Here’s why.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2190147803.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![The people who deliver your Amazon packages are striking. Here’s why.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2190147803.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
Drivers and delivery workers are trying to disrupt Amazon’s Christmas package deliveries.
![Trump’s media lawsuits could do serious damage to America’s free press](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2189594302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663790127718%2C0%2C66.672419744563%2C100&w=2400)
![Trump’s media lawsuits could do serious damage to America’s free press](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-2189594302.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0043144361032006%2C100%2C99.991371127794&w=2400)
Lawsuits against ABC and the Des Moines Register are meant to chill the media.
![How a tiff over tariffs exposed the Canadian government’s fragility](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-1191867914.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![How a tiff over tariffs exposed the Canadian government’s fragility](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-1191867914.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Simmering tensions between Justin Trudeau and former ally Chrystia Freeland erupted Monday.
![The danger of Trump’s promise to pardon J6 defendants](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-1294908910.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.67371090448%2C0%2C66.65257819104%2C100&w=2400)
![The danger of Trump’s promise to pardon J6 defendants](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-1294908910.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.010566356720204%2C0%2C99.97886728656%2C100&w=2400)
Trump told NBC that making the pardons would be one of his day-one priorities.
![How Trump could gut the refugee program](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-633099498.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.211111111111%2C0%2C69.577777777778%2C100&w=2400)
![How Trump could gut the refugee program](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/12/gettyimages-633099498.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.0919833918876%2C100%2C95.816033216225&w=2400)
A second Trump presidency could be even worse for refugees than the first.