Gist: When Border Policy Crosses the Line

On The Gist, McClatchy White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez explains the ramifications of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy to prosecute migrants who cross the border illegally. One early consequence: The U.S. government needs more places to detain children separated from their parents.  In the Spiel, the nasty things celebrities say—and their supposedly enormous power to get people to vote stupidly.