Up First briefing: Trump fights protective order; FDA approves postpartum pill Donald Trump’s legal team has until 5:00 p.m. to respond to prosecutors’ request for a protective order. The FDA has approved the first pill to treat postpartum depression. Read more on NPR

Trucking giant Yellow Corp. declares bankruptcy after years of financial struggles The Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which was filed Sunday, comes just three years after Yellow received $700 million in pandemic-era loans from the federal government. Read more on NPR

Southwest employee accused white mom of trafficking her Black daughter, lawsuit says When Mary MacCarthy and her 10-year-old landed at a Denver airport, two armed police officers were waiting to interrogate them. Read more on NPR

Ozempic and Wegovy maker courts prominent Black leaders to get Medicare’s favor Drugmaker Novo Nordisk focuses on Black lawmakers and opinion leaders to spread the message that obesity is a chronic disease — worth treating at a cost of $1,000 or more a month. Read more on NPR

Some state Republican parties are struggling and seeing deep divisions Some state Republican parties — like Colorado’s — are struggling after steep election losses, and are witnessing infighting that has left deep divisions when it comes to the future of the GOP. Read more on NPR

New charges against Trump focus on lies. Scholars see an authoritarian playbook Prosecutors allege the former president and co-conspirators used lies to advance criminal conspiracies to overturn the election. Scholars say distant and recent history show how potent lies can be. Read more on NPR

Niger’s junta shuts airspace as the deadline passes to restore the ousted president Regional tensions have mounted since mutinous soldiers overthrew Niger’s democratically elected president nearly two weeks ago and installing the leader of the presidential guard as head of state. Read more on NPR