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A1 UMA Large U.S. lenders saw /Z WASHINGTON—AU.S.plan their loan books shrink in TIMES to forcethe sale of TikTok’s 2020 for the first time in Y American operations to agroup BA morethan adecade,according PA includingOracle Corp.and Wal- to an analysis of Feddata. B1 AM mart Inc.has been shelved in- definitely,people familiar with Uber posted a narrower ANA/T the situation said, as President annual loss on the back of NT SA Biden undertakes abroad re- food deliveryand cost cutting, IS viewofhis predecessor’s ef- even as thepandemic crushed LU AHOY: Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady displays the Lombardi Trophy on Wednesday, as the team and its fortstoaddresspotential secu- itsride-hailing operations. B1 fans attended a boat parade in Tampa, Fla., to celebrate their Super Bowl LV championship. rity risks from Chinese tech GM reported strong companies. quarterly earningsand gave TheTikTok deal—which had abright profit outlook de- been driven by then-President spiteanexpected hit from Donald Trump—has languished aglobal chip shortage. B1 sincelast fall in the midst of Trump ‘Inflamed and Incited’ successful legal challenges to Toyota boosted itsprofit the U.S. government’seffort by projections and said it would TikTok’sowner,China’sByte- launch three newelectric-car DanceLtd. models in the U.S. this year. B4 Capitol Attack, DemocratsSay In anew development TheDow rose 0.2% to a Wednesday, the Biden adminis- record,while the Nasdaq tration asked to delaythe gov- and S&P 500 lost 0.25% ernment’sappeal of afederal and 0.03%, respectively. B11 BY REBECCA BALLHAUS vincing his supportersthat the said Democrats’ lead impeach- torJr. dismissed Democrats’ district court judge’sDecem- AND SIOBHAN HUGHES only way he could lose is if the ment manager,Rep.Jamie presentation as nothing new. “I ber injunction against the Tik- Fidelity Investments sold vote were rigged, then made un- Raskin of Maryland, on Wednes- didn’t learn anything that I Tokban. nearly all of itspositions in WASHINGTON—Democrats founded claims of voting irregu- day. didn’t already know,” he said In acourt filing,the Biden GameStop last month, just argued Donald Trump “assem- larities afterhis loss, beforeurg- Democratsrecounted the ex- during adinner break.“All it did administration said it has be- as shares of the videogame bled,inflamed and incited” the ing his supporterstomarch to tensivebut ultimately unsuc- wascreatepresumptions.We gunareview of the agencyac- retailer were surging. B1 attack against the Capitol in a the Capitol on Jan. 6knowing cessfulpressurecampaign Mr. deal with evidence, not guesses.” tion that will help it determine Coca-Cola posted weaker last-ditch effort to overturn the the potential forviolence. Demo- Trump, aRepublican, wagedto Mr.Trump’slawyerswill have whether the national security quarterly profit and revenue result of the election, relying on cratspointed to statementsby getstate officials to overturn 16 hoursovertwo days to rebut threat citedbythe Trump ad- and disclosed a potential Mr.Trump’sown wordsand pre- several rioterswho said they be- the election result, including Democrats’ case,after the Dem- ministration continues to war- $12 billion tax liability. B3 viously unseen video to make lieved they were storming Con- pushingGeorgia’ssecretaryof ocrats’ argument continues rant the ban. Thefiling by the theircase in the former presi- gress, just as it wasformalizing stateto“find” thousands of Thursday. Both sides have indi- JusticeDepartment said the re- United said it plans to buy dent’ssecond impeachment President Biden’svictory, at Mr. votes. Rioters stormed the Capi- PleaseturntopageA4 quest foradelayisunopposed up to 200 flying taxis from an trial. Trump’sdirection. tolbecause “President Donald J. by TikTok and ByteDance. electric aircraft startup. B3 TheHouse Democratsserving “Donald Trump surrendered Trump ranout of nonviolent op- Election probe is launched in PleaseturntopageA6 as impeachment managerssaid his role as commander-in-chief tions to maintain power,” Rep. Georgia.......................................... A4 World-Wide that Mr.Trump spent months and became the inciter-in-chief TedLieu (D., Calif.) said. Olympic swimmer indicted in Biden holds call with Chinese leading up to the election con- of adangerous insurrection,” Trump lawyer BruceL.Cas- Capitol riot.................................. A4 leader Xi....................................... A6 Democratsargued that Trump “assembled, inflamed and incited” the attack Iran INSIDE against the U.S. Capitol, rely- China Detains Executive ingonTrump’sown words and previouslyunseen Makes video to maketheir case in the former president’ssec- Of Tencent in Graft Probe ond impeachment trial. A1 Banned The top prosecutor for Georgia’s most populous BY WALL STREET JOURNAL STAFF said. They said Mr.Zhang was aspokesman said in astate- county said an investiga- suspected of turning over ment to TheWall Street Jour- Uranium S tion was under way into An executiveatTencent WeChat datatoformer Vice nal. Weixin is WeChat’s sister attempts to influence the PRES Holdings Ltd., China’smost Public Security Minister SuNli- app for the Chinese market. 2020 election in Georgia. A4 valuable publicly listed com- jun, who is being investigating Mr.Zhang wasreferred to Metal ZUMA pany,has been held by Chi- by Beijing forundisclosed viola- as aTencent vicepresident in Iran has produced ama- S2/ nese authorities,part of a tions of Communist Party rules. astatement released by the terial that is banned under BY lAURENCE NORMAN probe into a high-profile cor- Investigatorsare looking at municipal government of the 2015 nuclear accordsand E/THENEW ruption case involving one of what type of dataMr. Zhang Zhangjiakou, acity near Bei- could be used to form the Iran hasproduced amate- FOT the country’s former top law- allegedly might have shared jing,inwhich he wasde- core of anuclear weapon, ac- rial that is baNNed underthe NIYI enforcement officials, people with Mr.Sun and what Mr. scribedashaving met the cording to an IAEA report. A1 2015 nuclear accordsand familiar with the matter said. SuN might have done with it, city’s mayor in October 2018. Thepresident spoke with could be used to form the core PERSONAL JOURNAL Zhang Feng has been under the people said. Tencent said that Mr.Zhang China’sXifor the firsttime of anuclear weapon, as it Delta bets big on investigation by China’santi- Tencent confirmed on has never held asenior execu- sincetaking office, a call in seeks to step up pressureoN blocking middle seats graftinspector sinceearly last Thursdaythat Mr.Zhang is tiveposition in the company which Biden said he ad- the Biden administration to lift year foralleged unauthorized under investigation. The case or a managerial post. dressed arangeofissues. A6 economic sanctions on Tehran. as apandemic safety sharingofpersonal datacol- “relates to allegations of per- It couldn’t be determined Aconfidential report by the measure. A11 lected by Tencent’ssocial-me- sonalcorruption and has no whereMr. Zhang is now. He TheBiden administration United Nations atomic agency, dia app WeChat, the people relation to WeChat or Weixin,” PleaseturntopageA6 told the Supreme Court that the ACA remains constitu- seen by TheWall Street Jour- tional, reversing the Trump nal, said Iran had started pro- JusticeDepartment’sposi- ducing uranium metal on Feb. Pandemic Decluttering Gives 6atanuclear facility in Is- tion that the entire health- fahan that is under the care overhaul was void. A3 New Meaning to Free Markets agency’s inspection. Wearing a double mask Thematerialproduced was iii or fitting asingle mask more asmall amount of natural ura- THE THREAT closely on the facesubstan- nium metal, the International Online freebie ads fill with cracked tially reduces the risk of in- Atomic Energy Agencyre- fection with the Covid-19 vi- ported, meaning it wasn’t en- bowling balls, used oil and other oddities OF EXTORTION rus, aCDC report said. A8 riched. 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