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Federal prosecutors in Minnesota are resigning.

They faced pressure to investigate the widow of Renee Macklin Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent last week.

How are partisan politics shaping a criminal investigation?

I'm Steve Inskeep with A. Martinez, and this is Up First from NPR News.

President Trump is selling his economic record.

How is the president promising to fix the problem that he says does not exist?

The six have one big reason.

Justice Department officials pressured them to twist the investigation of a shooting in Minneapolis.

Rather than focus on the federal agent who shot Renee Macklin Good in the head, political leaders wanted an investigation to find dirt on Good's widow.

The resignations have disrupted other federal probes, such as an investigation of social service fraud the Trump administration says it cares about.

President Trump has started traveling around the country giving speeches about the economy.

He was at the Detroit Economic Club yesterday, although he did not exactly stay on topic.