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A Flat $40 Train Ticket From NYC to Albany? It’s Happening Next Year.

For the first time, Metro-North will run trains past Poughkeepsie through the Hudson Valley to Albany. Some Amtrak service will also be restored.

© Gabby Jones for The New York Times

Metro-North, which has stopped at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for decades, will begin service to Albany in the spring.
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White House’s East Wing Partially Demolished to Build Trump’s Ballroom

The president had pledged that construction wouldn’t “interfere with the current building,” a promise that always seemed unrealistic given the grand scale of the plans.

© Aaron Schwartz for The New York Times

Construction on the East Room of the White House, as seen from near the Treasury Department on Monday.
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Your November Election Guide (Yes, This November)

It’s not a presidential election year, or even the midterms, but races this fall will offer a sense of voters’ moods in the first year of the new Trump administration.

© Paula Ulichney-Munoz/Associated Press

Among the off-year elections next month are contests for governor in New Jersey and Virginia.
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What to Know About the California Special Election

Some 23 million voters have received mail ballots for the Nov. 4 election. The only statewide measure this fall is a redistricting plan spearheaded by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

© Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press

Assemblywoman Sade Elhawary celebrates after the State Assembly approved the first of three bills to redraw California’s congressional districts if voters approve.
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