Ryan J. Foley
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Ryan J. Foley
@rjfoley.bsky.social
· Apr 20
This Midwestern city has long been a federal hub. The pain from DOGE’s cuts is everywhere
The Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area has long been a regional hub for the federal government, and the pain from the Trump administration's cuts can be seen everywhere.
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Iowa district hired superintendent despite false Morgan State doctorate claim on his resume
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October 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Iowa district hired superintendent despite false Morgan State doctorate claim on his resume
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apnews.com/article/iowa... ICE arrests leader of Iowa's largest public school district, calling him a 'criminal alien'
ICE arrests leader of Iowa's largest public school district, calling him a 'criminal alien'
Federal immigration agents have arrested the leader of Iowa’s largest school district in a targeted enforcement action that shocked students and educators. U.S.
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September 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
apnews.com/article/iowa... ICE arrests leader of Iowa's largest public school district, calling him a 'criminal alien'
July 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Grassley calls on AG Bondi to fix mismanagement, claims backlog at benefits program for deceased officers apnews.com/article/gras...
Sen. Grassley calls delays at a benefits program for deceased officers 'absolutely unacceptable'
A powerful U.S. senator is calling on the Trump administration to fix a growing claims backlog at the program that promises benefits when police and firefighters die or become disabled in the line of ...
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June 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Grassley calls on AG Bondi to fix mismanagement, claims backlog at benefits program for deceased officers apnews.com/article/gras...
AP investigation: 16 years after a Border Patrol agent died in training, his wife and kids are still being denied federal benefits that have been paid out after several similar deaths. The case shows how more grieving families are waiting years and getting denied aid apnews.com/article/offi...
A Border Patrol agent died in 2009. His widow is still fighting a backlogged US program for benefits
When her husband died during a U.S. Border Patrol training program for new agents, Lisa Afolayan applied for the federal benefits promised to families of first responders whose lives are cut short die...
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June 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
AP investigation: 16 years after a Border Patrol agent died in training, his wife and kids are still being denied federal benefits that have been paid out after several similar deaths. The case shows how more grieving families are waiting years and getting denied aid apnews.com/article/offi...
Always great to see when an investigation has impact. Experts are pushing for policy and cultural changes to save lives after my reporting documented a surprising number of recruits dying from heat and exertion at police academies apnews.com/article/poli...
Experts call for action to prevent deaths at US police academies, citing AP investigation
A panel of experts is calling for changes to prevent deaths linked to heat and exertion at the nation’s police academies.
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June 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Always great to see when an investigation has impact. Experts are pushing for policy and cultural changes to save lives after my reporting documented a surprising number of recruits dying from heat and exertion at police academies apnews.com/article/poli...
Really proud of the impactful journalism — and the remarkable AP, Frontline and Howard Centers team that produced it — that was honored today as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. See it here: www.pulitzer.org/finalists/22...
May 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Really proud of the impactful journalism — and the remarkable AP, Frontline and Howard Centers team that produced it — that was honored today as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. See it here: www.pulitzer.org/finalists/22...
‘It’s going to be devastating’ — apnews.com/article/afge... AFGE president says downsizing after Trump's exec order threatens the union's survival
AFGE president says downsizing after Trump's order threatens the union's survival
The president of the nation’s largest union for federal workers says the organization’s ongoing staff downsizing will devastate the services it provides members and threatens the group’s survival.
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May 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
‘It’s going to be devastating’ — apnews.com/article/afge... AFGE president says downsizing after Trump's exec order threatens the union's survival
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The email went to grantees working on research related to families, asking them to update their contact information in an attached spreadsheet. But the spreadsheet mistakenly included the department’s secret plans to terminate more than 150 research grants. My colleague Ryan J. Foley has the scoop.
apnews.com/article/chil... Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
A Department of Health and Human Services employee has emailed dozens of people this week, mistakenly including plans to slash research related to child safety net programs.
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May 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The email went to grantees working on research related to families, asking them to update their contact information in an attached spreadsheet. But the spreadsheet mistakenly included the department’s secret plans to terminate more than 150 research grants. My colleague Ryan J. Foley has the scoop.
apnews.com/article/chil... Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
A Department of Health and Human Services employee has emailed dozens of people this week, mistakenly including plans to slash research related to child safety net programs.
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May 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
apnews.com/article/chil... Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
GSA records obtained by AP contain a crucial detail that DOGE has not shared with the public: the dates when hundreds of federal offices and buildings will lose their leases this year apnews.com/article/doge...
Hundreds of federal offices could begin closing this summer at DOGE's behest, internal records show
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is listing all the federal real estate leases it is ending, but new records obtained by The Associated Press show when those cancellations are expected ...
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March 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
GSA records obtained by AP contain a crucial detail that DOGE has not shared with the public: the dates when hundreds of federal offices and buildings will lose their leases this year apnews.com/article/doge...
apnews.com/article/doge... Meet Amy Gleason, the DOGE administrator who may — or may not — be wielding extraordinary power
Meet Amy Gleason, the DOGE administrator who may — or may not — be wielding extraordinary power
Amy Gleason, the acting administrator of the U.S. DOGE Service, is not a household name. But as Elon Musk’s effort to dramatically reduce the federal government faces a series of legal challenges, the...
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March 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
apnews.com/article/doge... Meet Amy Gleason, the DOGE administrator who may — or may not — be wielding extraordinary power
Hundreds of the federal contracts canceled by DOGE, nearly 40% in all, are expected to produce no savings to taxpayers
apnews.com/article/doge... Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by DOGE are expected to produce no savings
apnews.com/article/doge... Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by DOGE are expected to produce no savings
Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by DOGE are expected to produce no savings
Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that the Trump administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save any money.
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February 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Hundreds of the federal contracts canceled by DOGE, nearly 40% in all, are expected to produce no savings to taxpayers
apnews.com/article/doge... Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by DOGE are expected to produce no savings
apnews.com/article/doge... Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by DOGE are expected to produce no savings
After a deputy died during training at a police academy in Indiana, the agency said he'd been participating in routine training.
I started hearing about other deaths around the country, and set out to investigate what was going on.
Today the @AP published the project. A thread:
I started hearing about other deaths around the country, and set out to investigate what was going on.
Today the @AP published the project. A thread:
February 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
After a deputy died during training at a police academy in Indiana, the agency said he'd been participating in routine training.
I started hearing about other deaths around the country, and set out to investigate what was going on.
Today the @AP published the project. A thread:
I started hearing about other deaths around the country, and set out to investigate what was going on.
Today the @AP published the project. A thread:
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The history of the Iowa Missouri rivalry and then non-rivalry is the history of America.
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Why Mizzou and Iowa didn’t play each other for 100 years
Prior to the 2010 Insight Bowl, the Tigers and Hawkeyes hadn’t played for a century despite the states bordering one another. Why?
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December 30, 2024 at 3:48 PM
The history of the Iowa Missouri rivalry and then non-rivalry is the history of America.
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Man accused of attacking TV reporter, saying 'This is Trump's America now' apnews.com/article/tv-r...
Man accused of attacking TV reporter, saying 'This is Trump's America now'
Court documents show a Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a television news reporter after demanding to know whether he was a citizen, saying “This is Trump...
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December 28, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Man accused of attacking TV reporter, saying 'This is Trump's America now' apnews.com/article/tv-r...
Phenomenal read here from AP colleagues on how rulings by medical examiners shape whether officers face scrutiny and liability in deaths apnews.com/article/leth...
Accident or homicide? Medical rulings in arrest-related deaths can dictate what happens to police
Police in the United States rarely face criminal charges when civilians die after the use of force such as physical blows, restraints or Tasers.
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December 18, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Phenomenal read here from AP colleagues on how rulings by medical examiners shape whether officers face scrutiny and liability in deaths apnews.com/article/leth...
Human smuggling case highlights growing number of Indian nationals illegally entering the US from Canada
An Indian family froze to death crossing the Canada-US border, a perilous trip becoming more common
Two men are accused of helping illegally smuggle Indian nationals across the U.S.-Canada border and into Minnesota, including four members of an Indian family who froze to death in 2022.
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November 16, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Human smuggling case highlights growing number of Indian nationals illegally entering the US from Canada