American election deniers are recycling lies about voting machines to claim Brazil's presidential election is being rigged — and to cast doubt on the 2022 midterm elections in the U.S. n.pr/3sCtzeT

U.S. agencies warn of potential attacks by extremists tied to the midterm elections npr.org/2022/10/29/113…

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Your weekend long read.

For the past year, I’ve been following how the White House has responded to inflation, and how voters, in turn, have been responding to the White House.

That story: npr.org/2022/10/29/113…

Opinion: Where did all of the political debates go? npr.org/2022/10/29/113…

Got election questions? NPR's Domenico Montanaro has answers npr.org/2022/10/29/113…

How Biden changed his tune on inflation as prices soared and the midterms loomed npr.org/2022/10/29/113…

Republicans and Democrats alike are spending tens of millions of dollars on state legislative races this year.

Those legislative bodies have become increasingly powerful in setting policy around healthcare, voting, education and reproductive rights. n.pr/3Whwzuz

Roughly 70% of the more than 150 million votes cast in the 2020 election were cast before Election Day.

With more than 15 million early votes cast already in this year's midterms, that trend could be continuing. n.pr/3sGZkn1

An intruder broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home and 'violently assaulted' her husband, Paul Pelosi.

A source briefed on the investigation tells NPR the intruder was shouting “where is Nancy, where is Nancy?” n.pr/3zq2MWO

Obama says 'democracy on the ballot' in Georgia early voting rally npr.org/2022/10/28/113…

The congressional race in Virginia's newly drawn 7th Congressional District could determine whether the issue of reproductive rights could be enough to overcome what Latino voters overwhelmingly report is their overriding concern: the economy. n.pr/3zsQvRo

'Prebunking' shows people the tactics and tropes of misleading information before they encounter it in the wild – so they're better equipped to recognize and resist it. n.pr/3Up7Umn

Spending on state legislative races has skyrocketed heading into the 2022 midterms. n.pr/3Nfds0i

The 2020 election saw a historic rise in the number of Americans voting early and voting by mail.

Now, the 2022 midterms will show whether that's the future of voting — or a temporary blip. n.pr/3fi647C

Many Republicans are now talking about opioids not as a public health problem, but as a symptom of what they describe as a crime and border crisis.

That has drug policy experts worried about the impact on helping people struggling with addiction. n.pr/3NfHdOq

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul underwent 'successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands' after being attacked by an intruder looking for his wife. n.pr/3U9KHo3

No matter which way gas prices are going — and which way they go next — the cost of fuel simply doesn't have much to do with who is currently president.

Here's why: n.pr/3zsZmmm

Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger won tight races in 2018 and 2020 in her current district, centered in the Richmond suburbs.

But her new district is more diverse and includes more Latino voters: n.pr/3NguCKQ

What exactly is 'prebunking'?

It's a new strategy being used to fight misinformation.

The idea: show people the tactics and tropes of misleading information before they encounter it in the wild – so they're better equipped to recognize and resist it. n.pr/3TZ2UVm