The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse and oversight over military actions, but recent actions by the White House appear to step on that authority. We discuss whether Congress has ceded its power to the Trump administration and what it would take to get it back.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement for voting in U.S. elections hasn’t been able to pass Congress and has been blocked by the courts, so allies of President Donald Trump’s administration are pursuing another avenue to try to impose the idea — asking a little-known federal agency to do it.

It was the first time I’ve been in the private sector since I worked for my dad’s fast food restaurant,” says the Illinois Republican.

Arizona has filed a lawsuit as the Republican Speaker has not yet let the Democratic representative elected weeks ago take office.

Carl Hulse is the chief Washington correspondent for The Times, primarily writing about Congress and national political races and issues. He has nearly four decades of experience reporting in the nation’s capital.

The initiative, spearheaded by Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer and former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, comes after Gavin Newsom recently vetoed a Steyer-backed bill from Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan on kids’ chatbot safety that also had the backing of California Attorney General Rob Bonta.