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• More than 900,000 power outages reported in cross-country winter storms, with more snow, icing and blizzard conditions ahead (CNN)

• Jobless Claims Edged Lower Last Week (WSJ)

• A global divide on the Ukraine war is deepening (WP)

• One year into Ukraine war, China says sending weapons will not bring peace (Reuters)

• Why Can’t Russia Figure Out How to Win? (New York)

• In Russia-Ukraine war, more disastrous path could lie ahead (AP)

• Russia’s economy is hurting despite Putin’s bluster (CNN)

• Trump lawyers call Georgia special grand jury proceedings ‘clown-like’ after forewoman’s remarks (The Hill)

• Trump’s grip on the Republican base is slipping — even among his fans (WP)

• Democrats condemn McCarthy for handing Capitol attack footage to Tucker Carlson (Guardian)

• ‘All-out revolution’: Proud Boy describes group’s desperation as Jan. 6 approached (Politico)

• Nineteen years ago, then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom sanctioned same-sex marriages and was heavily criticized for it. But in the end, Newsom was right: same-sex marriage won, eventually becoming legal in all 50 states. This pattern repeats throughout American history. Cultural shifts expand individual freedoms, conservatives vigorously and even violently oppose such changes, but their opposition ultimately fails. [HuffPost]

• Donald Trump Jr. Gets Scathing Reminder Of His Father's 'Mental Competency' (HuffPost)

• Schiff, Porter in tight race to replace Sen. Feinstein, poll shows; others trail far behind (LAT)

• Report says donors ‘turning away’ from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

• Gaza rockets, Israeli strikes follow deadly West Bank raid (AP)

• It’s time for Alphabet to spin off YouTube (Economist)

• Chinese apps remove ChatGPT as global AI race heats up (CNN)

• JPMorgan Restricts Employees From Using ChatGPT (WSJ)

• The balloon drama was a drill. Here’s how the US and China can prepare for a real crisis. (Atlantic Council)

• Justice Dept. Struggles to Carry Out Early Release Program for Abused Inmates (NYT)

• Among journalists, shock at Dylan Lyons’ murder is coupled with a strong sense of ‘what if?’ (Poynter)

• NPR to cut about 100 workers in one of its largest layoffs ever (WP)

• Revealed: scale of ‘forever chemical’ pollution across UK and Europe (Guardian)

• How octopus DNA suggests that Antarctica will melt again (Big Think)

• The mysterious items washing up on beaches (BBC)

• Nation In State Of Emergency After Entire Population Goes Missing (The Onion)