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Trump has made a controversial decision to bring back an item that was being phased out nationwide, claiming the alternative ...
They’re grasping for straws. Devout paper straw enthusiasts are speaking out as public opinion about the environmentally friendly sipper shifts to favor plastic. Last month, President Donald ...
The second Trump administration has begun and Americans are lucky to be getting rid of the silliness that Biden gave us -- including the paper straw mandate. Nobody wants that.
President Donald Trump at the White House after signing an order for the federal government to replace paper straws with plastic on February 10, 2025, in Washington D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images ...
President Donald Trump’s Executive Order against paper straws that was signed in February is already beginning to “use all levers available" to cut back on them.
It also required the development of a “National Strategy to End the Use of Paper Straws” within 45 days of the order’s signing, the document reads.. The move by Trump — who has long railed ...
"So we're going back to plastic straws," he said. "These things don't work. I've had them many times. On occasion, they break, they explode. When something's hot they don't last very long, like a ...
President Donald Trump is known to drink many Diet Cokes, but one thing you’re not likely to ever see him using again is a paper straw. “We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump ...
WASHINGTON D.C., DC — President Trump issued an executive order on Monday, called Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws, that would put an end to the "irrational campaign" against ...
Left: President Donald Trump gestures at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 11, 2025. Right: Paper straws. (Nathan Howard/Reuters, Chiemi Kumitani/via Getty Images) ...
An administration document aimed at eradicating paper straws highlights the dangers of PFAS chemicals. Their presence in tap water nationwide hasn’t gotten the same attention. By Hiroko Tabuchi ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday, Feb. 10 banning the federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work,” the Associated Press reported.