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President Trump urges Senate to pass Sunshine Protection Act, blames Cotton

Trump's Truth Social post pressures Republicans as the House approved the bill 308‑117, while a February YouGov poll shows 64% of Americans support ending clock changes.

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President Trump urges Senate to pass Sunshine Protection Act, blames Cotton

What this story says

  • President Donald Trump publicly urged the Senate to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, blaming Sen. Tom Cotton for blocking it.
  • The House of Representatives approved the bill in July with a bipartisan 308‑117 vote.
  • A February YouGov survey found 64% of Americans support ending clock changes, while 16% oppose.
  • Centre outlets highlighted public opinion and opposition concerns; right‑leaning outlets focused on Trump’s pressure on the Senate.

Who covered it

Left 6%(1)Centre 29%(5)Right 65%(11)

Percentages are shares of the 17 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .

Trust

86/100

Craft

95/100

Hype

15/100

17 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

Only 1 of the 17 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

President Donald Trump used his Truth Social account on Friday to call on Senate Republicans to approve the Sunshine Protection Act, a measure that would make daylight‑saving time permanent and end the twice‑yearly clock changes. In the post he named Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas as the obstacle, saying the lone Republican was preventing Americans from gaining an extra hour of evening daylight.

The bill already cleared the House of Representatives in July, winning a bipartisan 308‑117 vote. A February YouGov poll showed that 64% of Americans favour ending the clock changes, compared with 16% who oppose them. The president’s message framed the change as beneficial for safety, health and the economy, while opponents raised concerns about darker winter mornings.

“A ridiculous clock changing process that takes place twice a year, costs our country a fortune, is bad for crime, stress on people, sports, and just about everything else you can imagine.”

— President Donald Trump

64%

Americans support ending clock changes

According to February YouGov survey

What was omitted

No left‑rated outlet ran the story, leaving the left‑leaning perspective absent from coverage. Additionally, none of the right‑rated digests mentioned the February YouGov survey showing 64% public support for ending clock changes.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 3 Oct 2026, 03:15, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

1 rated outlet

We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Centre

5 rated outlets

  • Centre‑rated outlets reported the full context of Trump’s appeal, noting the bipartisan House vote, the YouGov public‑opinion numbers and the specific benefits Trump listed for permanent daylight saving. Newsweek’s full article quoted Trump’s description of the clock‑changing process as "a ridiculous clock changing process that takes place twice a year, costs our country a fortune, is bad for crime, stress on people, sports, and just about everything else you can imagine." The centre digests also mentioned Cotton’s concerns about late winter sunrises and cited expert opposition from sleep‑medicine specialists.

Right

11 rated outlets

  • All eleven right‑rated outlets carried the same core facts: Trump’s public demand that the Senate pass the Sunshine Protection Act, his accusation that Sen. Tom Cotton is blocking the bill, and the fact that the House approved the measure in July. The digests highlighted the extra hour of daylight that Americans would gain, described the Senate effort as stalled despite Trump’s pressure, and repeated the president’s claim that the legislation would benefit families, sports and the economy. None of the right‑leaning digests mentioned the YouGov poll or the expert opposition.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover President Trump urges Senate to pass Sunshine Protection Act, blames…?
Of the 17 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 6% are rated left, 29% are rated centre, 65% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is President Trump urges Senate to pass Sunshine Protection Act, blames… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 17 rated outlets on this story, 6% are rated left, 29% are rated centre, 65% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of President Trump urges Senate to pass Sunshine Protection Act, blames… biased?
President Trump urges Senate to pass Sunshine Protection Act, blames Cotton is one event reported by 17 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting President Trump urges Senate to pass Sunshine Protection Act, blames…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered President Trump urges Senate to pass Sunshine Protection Act, blames…?
17 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did President Trump ask the Senate to do?
President Donald Trump publicly urged Senate Republicans to approve the Sunshine Protection Act, a bill that would make daylight‑saving time permanent, and he singled out Senator Tom Cotton as the obstacle preventing its passage.
What was the result of the House vote on the Sunshine Protection Act?
The House of Representatives passed the Sunshine Protection Act in July with a bipartisan 308‑117 vote, indicating strong cross‑party support before the measure moved to the Senate for consideration.
What does the YouGov poll say about public opinion on clock changes?
A February YouGov survey found that 64% of Americans support ending the twice‑yearly clock changes, while 16% oppose the move, showing a clear majority in favour of permanent daylight‑saving time.
Which outlets reported on Trump’s push to end clock changes?
Four centre‑rated outlets (Newsweek, Political Wire, WTVB, The Hill) and eleven right‑rated outlets (The Epoch Times, WND, [your]NEWS, Regional Media News, Next News Network, anews.com.tr, Washington Times, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner, Just the News) published the story, all conveying Trump’s Senate appeal and the House vote.

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