10 things you need to know today: July 19, 2016

The Republican convention gets off to a fiery start, a judge acquits another Baltimore officer in Freddie Gray's death, and more

The Republican National Convention stage
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1. GOP convention gets fiery start after failed 'Never Trump' revolt

The Republican convention got off to a bumpy start on Monday, when "Never Trump" delegates tried to force a floor vote on the convention's rules, hoping to revive their effort to free up Trump delegates to back someone else. Ultimately a GOP official declared the rules approved by voice vote. The convention then moved on to a more traditional series of speeches praising the candidate — including former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who backed Trump as the law-and-order candidate — and attacking his rival, Hillary Clinton, whom Trump supporters branded as a liar and a criminal. The mother of a Benghazi victim said she blamed Clinton "personally" for her son's death.

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Harold Maass, The Week US

Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.