How does the Electoral College work and why will it decide the next president?
In five occasions, this system has awarded the presidency to candidates who did not win the popular vote
Florida’s Cuban-American voters: A story of Republican love and Trump fervor
According to one poll, 68% of this electorate plans to vote for the Republican candidate, doubling the figure he received in 2016
Deciphering the Republican campaign’s strategy to win the Latino vote: ‘They speak the same to everyone’
An explicit set of guidelines to gain support among this key voter segment seems nonexistent, or at least inaccessible to outside observers
Paola Ramos: ‘There’s a segment of Latinos that have this constant fear that mainstream America will always see them as perpetual foreigners’
The journalist addresses the elusive Latino vote in the context of this year’s election and with her latest book, ‘Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America’
Hoaxes don’t stop early voting: 14 million Americans have already cast their ballot
The process has begun in almost all states across the country with above-average early voter turnout, in a sign that habits have changed since the Covid pandemic
Free citizens, but disenfranchised: The struggle of four million ex-convicts to regain their political voice
Nebraska is the latest state to remove all barriers to former inmates being able to participate in the November election. But one in 59 adults (mostly Black and Latino) are still excluded from the electoral process
Johan Rockström, climate scientist: ‘We need to reduce red meat consumption in the rich parts of the world’
The director of the Potsdam Institute, recognized for his work on the boundaries of planetary health, has been awarded the 2024 Virchow Prize
Hoaxes and threats force North Carolina to reorganize Hurricane Helene relief operations
An armed man has been arrested for threatening federal disaster management agency workers
Hurricane Milton, a view from ground zero: ‘In the eye of the storm, there is suddenly absolute calm, until it starts up again’
EL PAÍS visited Sarasota to see how residents are recovering from the double impact of Milton and Helene, which slammed into the area two weeks ago
Milton, the Democrats’ secret weapon to win the election, and other campaign hoaxes
The misinformation that started to spread after the damage from Hurricane Helene and which continues unabated opens up a new front in the partisan battle with less than a month to go before Election Day
This is what Hurricane Milton’s reverse storm surge looks like: ‘No water as far as I can see’
Mónica Baro|Miami|
Authorities warn that the phenomenon, which occurs when winds blow out to sea in the middle of a storm, poses ‘a life-threatening risk’
Florida’s longest night as Hurricane Milton hits: ‘There is a lot of flooding’
Residents confined to their homes played board games, followed the news and tried to stay calm as the wind and rain began pummeling their communities on Wednesday night
Hurricane Milton hits Florida with fury
The storm has left more than 2.8 million people without power, and tornadoes that formed ahead of its arrival have caused at least two fatalities. The greatest damage could come from flooding that is expected to be catastrophic
US braces for devastation from Milton, which Biden calls the ‘storm of the century’
The hurricane is expected to make landfall in the next few hours in the Tampa Bay region of Florida. Kamala Harris urged residents to take the danger seriously: ‘This time it will be different’
First the deadly Helene, now Milton: Climate change is changing hurricane dynamics
A powerful storm is heading towards the Florida peninsula, which has not yet recovered from the previous emergency. According to a study, rainfall during the September natural disaster was about 10% heavier due to global warming
Desperation and chaos grip Tampa ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall
Mónica Baró|Miami|
Highways leading out of the area are clogged after 5.5 million residents were ordered to evacuate, with the mayor warning it was a matter of life and death
Successive hurricanes in southeast US fuel right-wing conspiracy theories: ‘Yes, they can control the weather’
Both Donald Trump and Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Green have amplified lies that surfaced on the internet after the impact of Helene
Photos | Florida prepares for Hurricane Milton
The storm, which has been classified as ‘extremely dangerous’ by the US National Hurricane Center, is heading for the state
Florida braces for Hurricane Milton: ‘If you stay, you are going to die’
Biden warns that it could be one of the worst storms to hit the United States in 100 years and has canceled his trip to Germany and Angola due to the emergency
Milton approaches Florida as ‘extremely dangerous’ hurricane
Evacuations are underway and the mayor of Tampa has told residents that those who fail to leave the designated zones ‘are gonna die’
Terror in the factory: The workers trapped and killed after Hurricane Helene hit
An investigation has been launched in Tennessee after victims’ families and survivors said that management had prohibited employees from leaving the facility
Key facts about Hurricane Helene in the United States: Trajectory, category, victims and impact
Now downgraded to a tropical storm, Helene has wreaked havoc across nearly 800 miles, from South Florida to the Appalachian Mountains
Photos | Florida braces for Hurricane Helene
More than 40 million people are on alert for the Category 4 storm
Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida: How does it compare to Ian and Idalia?
The two previous hurricanes followed a similar path to the storm, which US authorities have described the storm as ‘extremely dangerous and life-threatening’
More than 850,000 Cubans have arrived in the US since 2022 in ‘the largest exodus in Cuban history’
Figures released by US border authorities confirm the ‘demographic depletion’ that experts are warning about
DeSantis’s desperate attempts to torpedo abortion protections at the polls in Florida
State residents collected enough signatures to put an amendment guaranteeing the right to terminate pregnancy on the November ballot
Abortion, minimum wage and marijuana: what else will states vote for on Election Day?
On November 5, voters in 41 territories will decide on 147 ballot measures that address some of the most important issues for many citizens