Minnesota Prosecutors Quit, Trump in Detroit, Inflation Report

明尼苏达州检察官辞职,特朗普访问底特律,通胀报告

Up First

2026-01-14

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Veteran federal prosecutors in Minnesota resign after pressure from Justice Department leaders to investigate the widow of Renee Macklin Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, raising new questions about political interference.President Trump takes his economic message on the road, pitching affordability as voters remain frustrated by high prices.And while gas prices have dipped, rising heating costs, grocery prices, and stubborn inflation show why relief still feels out of reach for many families. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Rebekah Metzler, Gigi Douban, Krishnadev Calamur, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle.It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas.We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.And our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin.(0:00) Introduction(02:19) Minnesota Prosecutors Quit(06:10) Trump in Detroit(09:52) Inflation Report Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Federal prosecutors in Minnesota are resigning.

  • They faced pressure to investigate the widow of Renee Macklin Goode,

  • the woman killed by an ICE agent last week.

  • How are partisan politics shaping a criminal investigation?

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  • President Trump is selling his economic record.

  • In the coming weeks,

  • I will be laying out even more plans to help bring back affordability and again remember that's a fake word by Democrats.

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

  • And we'll hear about what the Department of Labor's inflation numbers actually show about affordability.

  • I mean nationally gas is cheaper but grocery prices and other bills keep climbing.