Hundreds of political, legal and other figures signed a public letter warning that Jordan’s close alliance with the United States poses a risk.

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci seemed to be the life of the party, even in the midst of a deadly pandemic.

With their ally, Iran, bottling up the Strait of Hormuz, the Houthi group in Yemen is escalating its declared blockade of Saudi shipping in another vital waterway, the Red Sea.

In an interview with The Times, Meta’s chief executive took aim at Anthropic and OpenAI, which have pushed to tightly control A.I. development, and said he supported “more openness.”