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A Trump Tower deal is set to hand $85M to a sanctioned oligarch’s family.
Trump’s sons have overseen more than 20 foreign Trump-branded development deals during his second term.
Follow the money.
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Trump’s administration is still asking job applicants how they’d advance his agenda, despite a court ruling against it.
PunchUp found dozens of federal job ads using the controversial “loyalty” test.
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A top aide to Kristi Noem and her rumored lover deliberately destroyed evidence, according to a bombshell court finding.
The revelation comes after PunchUp exposed another official wiping Signal chats.
What were they hiding?
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My @PunchUpHQ snarky & side-eyed On the Ropes mailout should hopefully return this weekend—and, as ever in this insane timeline, there’s plenty of bonkers shit to go at. Find out how I finished off this little beauty on Sunday—if I can get it past my editors. 🤪
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Trump’s $1BN self-deportation firm quietly hired a disgraced ex-official as its tech chief.
Salus brought in Rajiv Rao for Project Homecoming — reportedly without telling DHS.
Why was the hire kept under wraps?
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Trump-linked tech was allegedly used in a shocking shooting plot targeting a pregnant woman’s ex.
The tech, created by Trump’s former campaign manager, was used across Latin America by a far-right operative accused of ordering the attack.
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Trump and Hegseth’s pick to lead the Army was at the heart of the Pentagon’s Jan. 6 failure.
He also reportedly told his predecessor to drop a probe into Kid Rock. Now he’s in line to lead the Army.
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Trump’s $1BN self-deportation scheme is facing questions.
PunchUp found Salus issued conflicting figures on how many people it has helped leave the U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson says Congress must investigate.
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Trump thought the BBC would fold. It didn’t.
PunchUp’s latest On the Ropes argues the BBC is taking on Trump in his own backyard—going after his tax returns and even his family.
Read the latest 👇
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An ICE detention giant is facing trial over the death of a vulnerable dad.
Staff showing COVID symptoms were allowed into the detention center at least 47 times before Martin Vargas Arellano died from a COVID-related illness.
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Trump Urges Kids to Deport Themselves in New $2.3BN Scheme
A top immigration lawyer accuses the administration of “peddling human life for money.”
PunchUp investigates 👇
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ICE Pervs Busted Using Their Badges to Rape & Abuse Women & Kids
Shocking new report logged 36 cases in 2025 and 2026 amid evidence DHS repeatedly missed warning signs.
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Millions could die from aid cuts, says a former insider who witnessed the chaos firsthand.
In PunchUp's latest People Power guest column, they challenge Elon Musk's claim that DOGE's actions didn't cost lives.
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A 29-year-old man has died in ICE custody.
His family says Prisciliano Trejo Ricano was coughing up blood for days, but his pleas for medical care were ignored.
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Trump’s Department of justice has lost its bid to remove a judge from a case over a prosecutor fired just 54 minutes after taking the job.
PunchUp breaks down the court defeat—and what it means.
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Trump’s ICE is paying for thousands of empty detention beds every night.
PunchUp analysis found taxpayers are spending around $1.2 million a day on unused jail space while private prison companies rake in record profits.
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Trump’s immigration crackdown is leaving a record number of children without a parent.
PunchUp found the parents of U.S. citizen kids are being arrested at three times the Biden-era rate—and more than 10,800 have already been deported.
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ICE’s own data paints a stark picture.
PunchUp analysis found record detention levels, just one asylum parole granted all year, and solitary confinement lasting up to four times the U.N.’s torture threshold.
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Can tougher penalties for officers who shoot unarmed people save lives?
PunchUp's first guest opinion explores the proposed Hands Up Act and whether it could help prevent future ICE shootings. Read the debate. 👇
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The founder of Feel Free, the company behind "gas station heroin," admits he made his fortune after a $10M felony.
PunchUp reveals the firm is backed by a company in which DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin holds a major stake. 👇
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