President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end the federal procurement of paper straws. The order, which claims that paper straws are “nonfunctional” and says it wants to end the ...

President Donald Trump is making his opinion known regarding the debate between paper and plastic straws. The president signed an executive order on Monday creating a policy aimed at phasing out paper ...

Trump signed an executive order to review federal policies restricting plastic straws, targeting the Biden administration’s policy to phase out single-use plastics. Trump criticizes paper straws, ...

The bill would preempt local governments from enacting single-use plastic bans without adding environmental requirements for alternatives.

When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ineffective and "disgustingly dissolves in your mouth," he was widely criticized for ...

The order instructs federal agencies to stop purchasing paper straws “and otherwise ensure that paper straws are no longer provided within agency buildings.” The move targets a Biden administration ...

President Trump, in his latest move to roll back Biden-era environmental initiatives, is pledging to make plastic straws great again. “I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On Monday, Donald Trump signed an ...

Paper straws sit on a bar in San Francisco in 2018. President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop ...

Paper or plastic? President Trump has joined the debate on straws. President Donald Trump will try to put an end to what he calls a "ridiculous push" for paper straws. "I will be signing an Executive ...