Daylight saving time battle pits Senate GOP against Trump

President Trump is renewing pressure on Senate Republicans to pass a House-approved bill to make daylight saving time permanent, but the effort is running into stiff opposition from GOP senators whose states would be plunged into early-morning darkness during the winter. Trump, in a Wednesday post on Truth Social, said

Although the President has championed the proposal, some members of his own party have expressed doubts about it.

President Trump claimed making daylight saving time permanent was a cause both sides of the aisle could unite behind

A bill to make daylight saving time permanent passed the House in mid-July, and is now being considered by the Senate.