President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t work.

“It’s a ridiculous situation," Trump said. "We’re going back to plastic straws." The viral video that set off the anti-plastic-straw movement several years ago focused on a turtle. So why ...

President Donald Trump is moving to make plastic straws great again. Trump's executive order ending the plastic straw ban could go into effect in 45 days. The reversal would only apply to federal ...

President Donald Trump's waded into the contentious debate over paper versus plastic straws with an executive order Monday favoring the plastic variety. The president ordered federal agency and ...

Plastic straw partisans are now on the offensive in the straw wars. Monday evening, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to halt their purchases of paper ...

The move by Trump — who has long railed against paper straws, and whose 2019 reelection campaign sold Trump-branded reusable plastic straws for $15 per pack of 10 — targets a Biden ...

adding that paper straws “don’t work.” The move comes after former President Biden set a goal of phasing out the government’s use of single-use plastics. At the time, the Biden White House ...

President Trump issued an executive order to phase out paper straws nationwide. The move comes as paper straws, intended to replace plastic straws, face criticism for their effectiveness and ...

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump is ready to ditch paper straws and go back to plastic. Trump, in a post on Truth Social Friday, said he will issue an executive order that rolls back efforts ...

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Back to plastic!” Paper straws, introduced under Joe Biden’s administration, aimed to reduce plastic pollution. As part of an eco-friendly initiative, Biden had set measures to phase out ...