Today's Headlines: In NATO Speech, Trump Is Vague About Mutual Defense Pledge

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SHEAR, MARK LANDLER and JAMES KANTER The president promised to "never forsake" allies but lectured NATO members on the need to pay what he said was their fair share of the alliance costs. [Greg Gianforte with his wife, Susan, after he declared victory on Thursday in the race for Montana's lone seat in the House.]( [Greg Gianforte, Montana Republican, Captures House Seat Despite Assault Charge]( By JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEXANDER BURNS A wealthy candidate overcame a crisis of his own making, winning a closely watched contest a day after he was accused of physically attacking a reporter. [Messages written next to a makeshift memorial to the victims of the Manchester bombing.]( [U.K., in Mourning, Asks if Manchester Bomber Could Have Been Stopped]( By STEPHEN CASTLE and CAMILLA SCHICK The bomber, Salman Abedi, had raised such serious concerns that acquaintances called an antiterrorism hotline to report that he held extremist views. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »]( [Get the Morning Briefing in Your Inbox]( What you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday through Friday. [Sign up »]( ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain said she would ]( WORLD | News Analysis [Leaks: A Uniquely American Way of Annoying the Authorities]( By SCOTT SHANE Is there something particularly American about leaking? Some national allergy to protecting government secrets? Yes, in fact, there is. OPINION | Editorial [President Trump Fails NATO]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD What possesses him to treat America's allies so badly? QUOTATION OF THE DAY "Should the gentleman apologize? Yeah, I think he should apologize. I know he has his own version, and I'm sure he's going to have more to say, but there's no call for this, no matter what - on any circumstance." [PAUL D. RYAN]( Speaker of the House, on the Republican Congressional candidate Greg Gianforte, who assaulted a reporter. [] Today's Videos [[Video] Video: China's Ancient Circular Walled Homes]( In 360, enter a Tulou home in Fujian, China, where multiple families live together in a circular structure. These houses have been designated World Heritage sites. [[Video] Video: Attending His Own Wake]( John Shields requested an Irish wake for himself, with one unusual detail - he would be present. [President Trump and the United States delegation met in Brussels on Thursday with European representatives including Donald Tusk, president of the European Council; and Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission.]( [[Video] Video: Trump Tells NATO Members to Pay 'Fair Share']( In a statement at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, President Trump said that members of the alliance must "finally contribute" their fair share to defense spending and that it was "not fair to the people and taxpayers of the United States." [] World [Bodies being carried away after fighting in Mosul, Iraq, in March.]( [Pentagon Inquiry Blames ISIS for Civilian Deaths in Mosul Strike]( By MICHAEL R. GORDON An investigation concluded that an American airstrike in March inadvertently set off explosives positioned in a building by the Islamic State, killing 105 people. [Philippines troops walked past a mosque in the southern city of Marawi on Thursday. The intensity of the fighting caught the government by surprise, forcing President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law in the southern Philippines.]( [Duterte Faces Test in Battle With ISIS-Linked Militants in the Philippines]( By FELIPE VILLAMOR The military fought rebels and deployed tanks in the besieged city of Marawi. The chaos has led President Rodrigo Duterte to impose martial law in the country's south. [Relatives buried Abu Hanif, 16, and Reaz Uddin, 18, two young Muslim men beaten to death by a mob last month over allegations of cow theft. Episodes of mob violence occur regularly in India, typically overlooked except when they are religiously motivated or involve attacks on women.]( [Rumors on WhatsApp Ignite 2 Mob Attacks in India, Killing 7]( By GEETA ANAND and SUHASINI RAJ Seven men were beaten to death last week by mobs stirred up by false reports of child kidnappers, underscoring the lawlessness that still plagues India. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] U.S. [The gates to the University of Puerto Rico's main Rio Piedras campus. The school has been shut down by protests for two months.]( [Puerto Rico's University Is Paralyzed by Protests and Facing Huge Cuts]( By FRANCES ROBLES Students furious over tuition increases and budget cuts at the University of Puerto Rico, the island's crown jewel, have blocked the gates for nearly two months. [Infrared images and spectra of Jupiter's thermal emission based on readings from the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper aboard the Juno spacecraft.]( [NASA Spacecraft Finds a Chaotic Dance of Storms at Jupiter's Poles]( By KENNETH CHANG Observations taken from the first few orbits provide a glimpse into the interior of the solar system's largest planet. [21 Across U.S. Are Indicted in 'Modern-Day Sex Slave' Ring]( By MONICA DAVEY The operation ran for at least eight years and involved hundreds of mostly young Thai women who were shuttled between American cities as prostitutes, officials said. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »]( ADVERTISEMENT [] Politics [Protesters gathered outside the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, across from the Virginia Capitol, in Richmond, before the court examined a ruling to block President Trump's travel ban earlier this month.]( [Appeals Court Will Not Reinstate Trump's Revised Travel Ban]( By ADAM LIPTAK In a fresh setback for the administration, a federal court in Richmond, Va., said the ban "drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination." [Betsy DeVos, the secretary of education. Her consideration of transferring the loan program led the student aid chief to resign.]( [Trump Administration Considers Moving Student Loans from Education Department to Treasury]( By JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG, STACY COWLEY and PATRICIA COHEN A program that handles more than $1 trillion in debt for 43 million students is in play, and the head of it has resigned in protest. [Former President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany as they left the stage after a panel discussion at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Thursday.]( [European Visits by Trump and Obama Are a Study in Contrasts]( By ALISON SMALE It was a coincidence of scheduling for the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, but the difference in the receptions of the former and current presidents was telling. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »]( [] Business [Mohammed bin Salman, the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia and chairman of the kingdom's largest sovereign wealth fund, struck a deal with the Blackstone Group.]( [Blackstone Works With Saudi Arabia on U.S. Infrastructure Investments]( By KATE KELLY and LANDON THOMAS Jr. Saudi Arabia's largest sovereign wealth fund will make a $20 billion investment in a new Blackstone infrastructure project, which could then double in size. [Khalid A. al-Falih, the Saudi energy minister, talked to journalists before an OPEC meeting in Vienna on Thursday.]( [OPEC, Fighting Market Forces, Extends Production Cuts]( By STANLEY REED Although the cuts had bolstered prices, major industry trends already underway could mute their impact. [Investigators at a home in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, served a warrant in 2010 to arrest the owner of DecorMyEyes. Vitaly Borker, the owner, served a three and a half years in prison for threatening to stalk, maim and murder his customers. He is charged in a new case.]( [Eyeglass Vendor, Imprisoned for Terrorizing Consumers, Is Accused of Fraud]( By DAVID SEGAL Federal prosecutors charged Vitaly Borker, who spent over three years in prison for threatening customers of his previous online business, with wire and mail fraud. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »]( [] Technology [Mark Zuckerberg visited the Gant family on their farm in Blanchardville, Wis., in April.]( [Mark Zuckerberg's Great American Road Trip]( By MIKE ISAAC The Facebook chief plans to visit every state in the union and learn more about a sliver of the nearly two billion people who use the social network regularly. [The Chinese Go master Ke Jie during his second game against AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence program, in Wuzhen, near Shanghai, on Thursday.]( [Google's A.I. Program Rattles Chinese Go Master as It Wins Match]( By PAUL MOZUR A Google program called AlphaGo won a best-of-three match against a Chinese Go master, rattling his nerves and showing the power of new artificial intelligence technologies. [Raw data captured from a Luminar sensor while driving along San Francisco's Embarcadero.]( Wheels [What Self-Driving Cars See]( By JOHN R. QUAIN Lidar, the sensing technology, is the centerpiece of an intense court fight in California between two key players on the road, Uber and Waymo. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »]( [] Sports [LeBron James entered Thursday's game 28 points from passing Michael Jordan in playoff scoring.]( [Cleveland Cavaliers Make N.B.A. Finals as LeBron James Passes Michael Jordan]( By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS James finished with 35 points, becoming the career playoff scoring leader, as Cleveland beat the Boston Celtics, 135-102, to win the series, 4-1. [Chris Kunitz with Ian Cole, left, and Sidney Crosby, right, after scoring the Penguins' series-winning goal in double overtime on Thursday night.]( Penguins 3, Senators 2 | Two overtimes | Pittsburgh wins series, 4-3 [Penguins Top Senators in Overtime to Advance to Stanley Cup Finals]( By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chris Kunitz scored in the second overtime period of Game 7, sending Pittsburgh back to the finals for the second straight year. [Aaron Judge has been launching some tape-measure homers for the Yankees. But sellilng more tickets and suites and pulling in greater attendance will take more than any one player's star power.]( [Winning Yankees Aren't Faring Nearly as Well at the Ticket Office]( By BILLY WITZ Struggling to sell tickets and suites, team officials are taking a much closer look at how to attract a younger fandom's attention. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »]( [] Arts Summer Pages [Books to Breeze Through This Summer]( By JANET MASLIN It's a weird new world for readers, and here is a list for navigating it: 16 books to look out for, in no particular order. [Jonathan Raviv, left, and Troy Iwata in Tim Rosser and Charlie Sohne's musical ]( [Review: Tackling a Major Taboo in 'The Boy Who Danced on Air']( By JESSE GREEN A new musical explores the ancient (and continuing) Afghan practice of bacha bazi, the sale of boys to wealthy men. [Sterling Hyltin, front center, performing ]( Critic's Notebook [Ballet After Balanchine: 3 Choreographers Lead the Way]( By ALASTAIR MACAULAY The New York City Ballet has become the world's main source of important ballet choreography thanks to work by three big talents. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »]( Movies [Brad Pitt as Gen. Glen McMahon in ]( [Review: 'War Machine': Brad Pitt Has Met the Enemy. He Just Doesn't Know It Yet.]( By A. O. SCOTT Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal is the commander alluded to in David Michôd's satirical portrait of a man in over his head and enthralled by his own hype. [From left, Kelly Rohrbach, Alexandra Daddario, Ilfenesh Hadera, Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron and Jon Bass in ]( [Review: 'Baywatch,' a Romp Full of Surf, Sand and Lots of Skin]( By A. O. SCOTT Dwayne Johnson and his lifeguard squad try to save the Bay while providing the sort of sleazy, wholesome entertainment this '90s series was known for. [Johnny Depp puts on his tricorn once again as Capt. Jack Sparrow in ]( [Review: 'Dead Men Tell No Tales.' Not Very Well, Anyway.]( By A. O. SCOTT The latest in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise brings back Johnny Depp's Captain Sparrow but leaves the joy an ocean away. [Joshua Wong, center, in the documentary ]( [Review: 'Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower,' a War That Isn't Fiction]( By KEN JAWOROWSKI This documentary looks at Joshua Wong, an activist in Hong Kong who started his protests at 14 and continues to fight against Chinese rule. [Agustina Muñoz as Camila in Matías Piñeiro's modern-day story inspired by Shakespeare.]( [Review: Shakespeare's (Modern-Day) 'Hermia & Helena']( By GLENN KENNY Matías Piñeiro's follows the trials, tribulations and romances inspired by two of the playwright's heroines from "A Midsummer Night's Dream." For more movie news and reviews, go to [NYTimes.com/Movies »]( [] New York [A series of letters - five in all, written in 1979 and 1980 - provide a window into the mind of a man who would later be accused of being a predator.]( ['Love, Rick': Teacher's Letters Track an Attempted Seduction]( By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS A teacher named in the Choate sex abuse report had earlier corresponded with a Phillips Academy student - using flattery, romance and threats. [Arlet Macareno is among the many women in New York who say they have tried to report abuse to the police, only to be foiled by a persistent language barrier. ]( [Police Must Tackle Language Barrier in Domestic Abuse Cases]( By ASHLEY SOUTHALL A legal settlement requires the police to use new protocols and training for officers who interact with domestic victims who do not speak English. [The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn has long been regarded as a troubled institution. The treatment of female inmates has been a matter of particular concern.]( [Brooklyn Prison Supervisors Charged With Sexually Assaulting Inmates]( By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN Two supervisors at a federal jail in Brooklyn accused of sexually abusing female inmates educated subordinates about the Prison Rape Elimination Act. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »]( []Obituaries [Dr. Amy J. Reed and her husband, Dr. Hooman Noorchashm, in 2014.]( [Amy Reed, Doctor Who Fought a Risky Medical Procedure, Dies at 44]( By DENISE GRADY Dr. Reed and her husband turned a personal calamity into a crusade to spare other women from the medical procedure that harmed her. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »]( [] Editorial [Jared Kushner at the White House this month.]( Editorial [Jared Kushner, Poor Tenants' Legal Nemesis]( By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Hounding struggling people, sometimes baselessly, is the sort of business experience Team Trump brought to Washington. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] Op-Ed Op-Ed Columnist [The Four American Narratives]( By DAVID BROOKS We're suffering through a national identity crisis. [People in Manchester, England, on Thursday observing a minute of silence in remembrance of those killed in a terrorist attack on Monday.]( Op-Ed | Timothy Egan [The Way They Kill Now]( By TIMOTHY EGAN The child killers of modern Europe have no armies, no tanks or cannons at their disposal. [A man in Welch, W.Va., with groceries from a food bank that supports local families, many of them in the coal industry.]( Op-Ed Columnist [It's All About Trump's Contempt]( By PAUL KRUGMAN His budget and health plan show he despises his voters. Will they notice? Op-Ed Contributor ['Beautiful Military Equipment' Can't Buy Middle East Peace]( By MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF Like the United States, Iran wants to tackle terror. But what about the Saudis? For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »]( [] ON THIS DAY On May 26, 1868, the Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal as the Senate fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority required for conviction. 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