1. “This is conduct that none of us in America would approve of in any way.”

That’s Senator Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama, reacting to a classified briefing by Gina Haspel, the C.I.A. director, about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. The session left senators more certain than ever that Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, ordered the journalist’s death. Above, Ms. Haspel at the Capitol.

The senators’ assessment puts them at odds with the White House, which has refused to blame Saudi Arabia’s leadership. But there was no consensus about next steps, after a stinging vote last week to consider cutting off U.S. military aid to Saudi Arabia’s campaign in Yemen.