From Conor McGregor at the White House to a passing reference to Meghan Markle (as an example of media strategy), we sift through the information deluge of the weekend to provide a cheat sheet for the week ahead.

War correspondent and writer Hollie McKay joins us with her latest reporting from Mexico and insight into the new designation of cartels by the U.S. government as foreign terrorist organizations (sign up for Hollie's substack "Dispatches" HERE).

Plus ~ A question we have about the new border numbers that we can't answer.

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