Thursday marks the first day of divided government in Washington since Trump took office in January 2017, as Democrats took control in the House from his fellow Republicans, who remain in charge of the Senate

The Semarnat explained that balloons aren't biodegradable and that both aquatic and terrestrial animals die because they eat the balloons or get trapped in cords

The executive branch was almost an absolute power but the reforms implemented in the last two decades have given Congress and the Supreme Court a greater involvement in key decisions