Food Banks Brace for Growing Demand, and Putin’s New Missile Test

Plus, this year’s top Halloween costumes. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

Food Banks Brace for Overwhelming Demand as SNAP Cutoff Looms (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/us/food-banks-snap-shutdown-hunger-trump.html) by Chris Hippensteel

Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/us/politics/timothy-mellon-donation-troops.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20251026&instance_id=165172&nl=the-morning&regi_id=156963192&segment_id=209345&user_id=78394afa6075bf5264dc666aae3414ca) by Tyler Pager

Where Trump Is Headed in Asia, and What Each Country Wants From Him (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/world/asia/trump-japan-korea-china.html) by Sui-Lee Wee, Choe Sang-Hun, Javier C. Hernández and David Pierson

Putin Says Russia Now Has Nuclear-Powered Missile (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/world/europe/russia-burevestnik-missile.html) by Valerie Hopkins

Caribbean Braces for Hurricane Melissa (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/world/americas/hurricane-melissa-caribbean-rain-flood.html) by Frances Robles

Demon Hunter or Armadillo? Store-Bought or Homemade? (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/style/halloween-costume-ideas-2025.html) by Sandra E. Garcia

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