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During a speech at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, President Trump stopped short of explicitly endorsing Article 5.
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During a speech at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, President Trump of “the commitments that bind us together as one,” but stopped short of explicitly endorsing Article 5, which says that, when invoked, NATO allies must aid a fellow ally under attack. In a statement, Trump “leaks of sensitive information,” after the British government that U.S. intelligence officers were disclosing confidential details of the investigation into the Manchester attack. A federal appeals court a lower-court’s injunction blocking Trump’s travel ban against six Muslim-majority countries. Montanans are to vote in a special election to fill the House seat vacated by Ryan Zinke, who was sworn in as interior secretary in March. Earlier in the day, a local sheriff cited the Republican candidate, Greg Gianforte, for misdemeanor assault.

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