63 minutes ago Lizzo and Usher to campaign with Harris, as Trump prepares to work at McDonalds: Live

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both held rallies in Michigan on Friday night as former president Barack Obama campaigned for the vice president in Arizona

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89 minutes ago How can the candidate with most votes lose? The US electoral college explained

Every four years, electoral college members meet in all 50 states and cast their votes – here’s what to knowEven though the United States touts its status as one of the world’s leading democracies, its citizens do not get to directly choose the president. That task is reserved for the electoral college – the convoluted way in which Americans have selected their president since the 18th century.Contrary to its name, the electoral college is more a process than a body. Every four years, in the December following an election, its members – politicians and largely unknown party loyalists – meet in all 50 states on the same day and cast their votes for president. Then they essentially disappear. Continue reading...

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89 minutes ago Cooking for one? Sometimes frozen lasagne just won’t cut it and life calls for a cheese soufflé | Rachel Cooke

A new book of classic but simple recipes makes solo cooking more pleasure than choreLike many people, I read a lot during the Covid-19 lockdown, and one of the books I enjoyed most in those strange, silent months was a memoir by the novelist Michèle Roberts called Negative Capability: an account of being alone, but not lonely. In the face of what people on social media like to call (ugh) self-care, Roberts wrote of her efforts to be good to herself after a painful rejection without recourse either to self-pity or to yoga. Four years on, I still sometimes pull it from the shelf when I’m feeling embattled. Radiant and meditative, a few pages are all I need to get going again; to remind myself to pay attention to everything, and by doing so both to recognise and to give thanks for what gre...

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91 minutes ago Pop stars Lizzo and Usher to join Kamala Harris for last push in Michigan and Georgia

Kamala Harris is scheduled to appear with Detroit-born singer Lizzo as the Democratic presidential nominee marks the beginning of in-person early voting in the city

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2 hours ago Kamala Harris joined by Lizzo at campaign event; Donald Trump rallies in Pennsylvania – live

Vice-president is hosting a get-out-the-vote event in Detroit for the city’s first day of early voting, alongside Michigan-born rapper LizzoHarris is panicking over the Black male vote – but polls don’t show full pictureWith the US election only 17 days away, Kamala Harris is courting one demographic with particular fervor: Black male voters. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Kamala Harris promises full marijuana legalization – is that a gamechanger?

The Democrat says she will end cannabis prohibition and seek to help Black men profit from the industry if electedKamala Harris announced on Monday that if elected president, she would fully legalize adult recreational cannabis on the federal level – the first time a presidential nominee has taken such an unambiguous stance on ending cannabis prohibition.As part of her pledge, she said she would take steps to ensure that Black men, disproportionately incarcerated and disenfranchised by the war on drugs, would stand to profit from the industry. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Harris is making a campaign push in Michigan and Georgia, with assists from singers Lizzo and Usher

Kamala Harris is scheduled to appear with Detroit-born singer Lizzo as the Democratic presidential nominee marks the beginning of in-person early voting in the city

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3 hours ago Dave Bautista called ‘a better person in every way’ after Trump’s ‘embarrassing’ dig

Bautista is vocal Democrat has has endorsed Kamala Harris for president

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4 hours ago Voices: Labour were right to break their promise on taxes – we should all be paying more

... and the Conservatives are the last people who can complain, writes John Rentoul

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