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

<p>Plus, this year’s top Halloween costumes. </p><p>Here’s what we’re covering:</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/us/food-banks-snap-shutdown-hunger-trump.html" target="_blank">Food Banks Brace for Overwhelming Demand as SNAP Cutoff Looms</a> by Chris Hippensteel</p><p><a href="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" target="_blank">Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune</a> by Tyler Pager</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/world/asia/trump-japan-korea-china.html" target="_blank">Where Trump Is Headed in Asia, and What Each Country Wants From Him</a> by Sui-Lee Wee, Choe Sang-Hun, Javier C. Hernández and David Pierson</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/world/europe/russia-burevestnik-missile.html" target="_blank">Putin Says Russia Now Has Nuclear-Powered Missile</a> by Valerie Hopkins</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/world/americas/hurricane-melissa-caribbean-rain-flood.html" target="_blank">Caribbean Braces for Hurricane Melissa</a> by Frances Robles</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/style/halloween-costume-ideas-2025.html" target="_blank">Demon Hunter or Armadillo? Store-Bought or Homemade?</a> by Sandra E. Garcia</p><p>Tune in every weekday morning, and tell us what you think at: <a href="mailto:theheadlines@nytimes.com">theheadlines@nytimes.com</a>.</p>
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