President Donald Trump moves to lift ban on plastic straws. New Jersey, New York among states with plastic straw bans in effect.

What to know about President Donald Trump’s executive order encouraging the federal government and consumers to buy plastic drinking straws.

S ince taking office, Donald Trump has signed a slew of executive orders, reversing some actions from the previous administration, adding new measures that are core to his agenda,

Paper straws are, objectively, the worst. There’s the race against the clock to use them before they turn to mush, the temperature problem — good for neither hot nor frozen — and, worst of all,

Spain's High Court has found former soccer federation boss Luis Rubiales guilty of sexual assault for kissing player Jenni Hermoso without her consent and fined him over 10,000 euros ($10,434) in a case which caused a nationwide furore.

US President Donald Trump reversed a target set by his predecessor Joe Biden to eliminate plastic straws across government agencies by 2035 , rejecting claims that they are harmful to sharks. But scientists say there is well-documented evidence that pollution from these single-use items impacts sharks and all marine animals.

Or plastic bag, for that matter. Just months away from New Jersey reaching three years of banning single-use plastic bags in most stores and paper bags nearly everywhere, one state lawmaker is taking aim at the law.