It’s Day 29 of the government shutdown — and Congress is now on what’s being called their thirteenth try at reopening the country. If this were baseball, they’d have struck out weeks ago. The lights are still dim on Capitol Hill, the bills are still unpaid, and hope is hanging by a thread thinner than a fun-sized Twizzler. But speaking of Halloween, not all the scary stuff this week is happening in Washington. As kids prepare for their annual sugar-fueled night of chaos, there’s another debate brewing across America — the one over which candies should never see the inside of a trick-or-treat bag. In Brandon’s Take, we’re diving into the “worst treats” list — those so-called goodies that feel more like a trick. From the infamous circus peanuts and hard butterscotch candies that seem to have survived since 1978, to the dreaded toothbrush handouts and the candy corn wars that divide households, it’s time to expose the real Halloween villains.

In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, have you seen these men? A trio of brazen burglars sporting construction vests busted into a Queens home in broad daylight and made off with $3.2 million — with cops hoping surveillance footage can help nab the crooks.

President Trump is seeking to reverse the historic Manhattan hush money conviction that branded him a felon as he campaigned for a second White House term last year.

And in the Caribbean, heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads as Hurricane Melissa pummeled the Caribbean island as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record.