It's certainly within the federal government's power to condition grants and funding on grantees adopting particular policies, including around plastic straws. Nevertheless, a policy that tells ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Plastic straws are displayed in a glass, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel ...

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 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 ...

SOUR LAKE, Texas — Right now, residents in Sour Lake are in the dark during a power outage, according to Entergy's online power outage map. There are currently around 1,504 customers without ...

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Friday (Feb 7) raged against eco-friendly paper straws promoted by his predecessor ... on green issues since returning to power, after pulling out of the Paris climate ...

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning federal agencies from using paper straws. The order directs agencies to stop purchases of paper straws and calls for a strategy to phase ...

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 ...

It’s safe to say that the global campaign against the use of plastic straws reached fever pitch this year, with many companies and people choosing to ditch plastic straws in favour of paper ones.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws after signing an ...

WASHINGTON — Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.