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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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Trump may hire multiple cable news personalities as part of shake-up Mar 16, 2018

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Donald Trump’s reality television presidency may be getting more star power for season two.

A center-left think tank makes an opening bid in the 2020 'ideas primary' Mar 15, 2018

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Third Way is calling for Democrats to offer a new social contract for the digital age. Leaders Matt Bennett and Jim Kessler shared their ideas with James.

Pennsylvania special election shows GOP still hasn’t found a winning midterms message Mar 14, 2018

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National Republicans threw the kitchen sink to hold a House seat in Pennsylvania, but while the special election remains too close to call, Democrat Conor Lamb clings to a narrow lead and declared victory early this morning.

How Trump caved to the NRA Mar 13, 2018

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President Trump has put forward a modest package of gun-safety measures this week that has none of the provisions opposed by the NRA that he seemed to back days earlier.

A Democratic senator is highlighting work with Trump in the first ad of his reelection campaign Mar 12, 2018

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Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is one of 10 Democratic senators up for reelection this year in a state Trump carried in 2016.

A rescue mission to save a Republican seat in a Pennsylvania special election Mar 09, 2018

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If Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone wins an unexpectedly close special election here next Tuesday, it will be on Trump’s coattails.

Trump equivocation on tariffs highlights continuing chaos in the White House Mar 08, 2018

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If you don’t like President Trump’s position on a particular issue, just wait a day. It may change.

Trump is supercharging the celebrification of politics Mar 07, 2018

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Politics is downstream of culture. Trump’s election would never have been possible without systemic cultural shifts, enabled by reality TV and social media, that increased the premium average Americans place on celebrity for celebrity’s sake.

Trump's trade adviser is getting his 15 minutes of fame Mar 06, 2018

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Since last week, Peter Navarro has been taking an extended victory lap and trying to sell the president's position on tariffs.

Democratic committees are divided over playing in primaries Mar 05, 2018

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The first primaries of 2018 are in Texas on Tuesday. They could set the tune for six months of Democratic infighting.