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Detroit rally draws 15,000 people and high energy. Plus, Israel minister condemned over starvation remarks

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Kamala Harris and her running mate, the Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, continued their swing-state tour yesterday with rallies in rural Wisconsin and Detroit, Michigan, that the campaign said brought out more than 10,000 people each.

Gaza protesters draw Harris rebuke. Protesters in the Detroit crowd briefly attempted to disrupt Harris's speech. Reporters on the scene said the interruption came from pro-Palestinian protesters chanting: Kamala, Kamala, you can't hide. We won't vote for genocide."

I'm coming to tear your kingdom down". The representative Cori Bush has warned the pro-Israel lobby to be afraid" after it poured millions of dollars into defeating the prominent member of the Squad" of progressive Democrats in Tuesday's primary election in St Louis.