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**The Daily 202’s Big Idea**

Start your day with the news you need to know and insights you can’t get anywhere else. Every weekday morning, The Washington Post brings you an insider’s view of the biggest stories of the moment.

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Our domestic health care system is stretching past the breaking point Mar 26, 2020

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Plus, soldiers around the world are being mobilized to enforce lockdowns, and more states order residents to stay home.

Prince Charles testing positive is a reminder that the coronavirus does not discriminate Mar 25, 2020

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Plus, India is on a nationwide three week lockdown, and the Senate and the White House finalized a deal on a $2 trillion stimulus package.

Understanding why the coronavirus is so hard to beat Mar 24, 2020

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Plus, a deal on a stimulus package could be near, and President Trump wants to reopen the economy, even as public health officials object.

The infected talk about what it feels like to have coronavirus Mar 23, 2020

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Plus, the stimulus package to respond to the coronavirus hits a speed bump, and Sen. Rand Paul finds out he tested positive moments after swimming in the congressional pool.

Expect more than one spike in coronavirus deaths Mar 20, 2020

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Plus, the shortage of testing kits has amplified inequities in our health-care system, and rural areas of the country are likely to have the highest death rates.

The Trump ban on fetal tissue research is undermining the search for coronavirus treatments Mar 19, 2020

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Plus, Jared Kushner exerts control over the government's response to the pandemic, and President Trump gambles his reelection on what could be $2 trillion in bailouts.

Patchwork response and federal dysfunction complicate coronavirus response Mar 18, 2020

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Plus, Europe is closing its borders, and Joe Biden sweeps primaries in Florida, Illinois and Arizona.

Trump finally acknowledged the magnitude of the crisis Mar 17, 2020

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Rationing ventilators in the U.S. could force agonizing tradeoffs Mar 16, 2020

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Plus, the Federal Reserve drops benchmark interest rate to zero, and essential details of the White House's coronavirus testing plan remain murky.

The U.S. has still tested fewer people for coronavirus than South Korea Mar 13, 2020

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Plus, President Trump launches airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, and Joe Biden hires a new campaign manager.

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