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After years of silence on the issue, U.S. lawmakers on Thursday reopened the debate over whether Americans should stop changing their clocks twice a year.
In its first hearing on the topic since 2021, the Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony about whether the country should stick to standard time or make daylight saving time permanent.
“There’s widespread agreement on locking the clock,” said Committee Chair Senator Ted Cruz, “but where to lock it?” He added he had not yet decided how he would move forward after the hearing.
In 2022, the Senate unanimously passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent. But it died in the House of Representatives, which never brought it to a vote.
Some lawmakers, like Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester, are urging action. “We need to find a solution and stick with it,” she said.
Supporters of permanent daylight saving time say it would bring more light to winter evenings, help boost economic activity, and even benefit the golf industry. The National Golf Course Owners Association said the change could add 23 million extra rounds of golf each year.
Critics argue it would mean darker mornings, especially for schoolchildren, and disrupt the body’s natural rhythm. Dr. Karin Johnson, a neurology professor, told the committee that standard time is healthier and better aligned with people’s internal clocks.
The clock changes were first introduced nationwide in the 1960s and briefly made permanent during World War II and again in 1973 during an energy crisis — both times later reversed due to public dissatisfaction.
President Donald Trump recently said he saw little chance of change this year, citing lack of agreement. Still, the debate continues, with growing calls to end what many see as a needless twice-a-year disruption.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
A shooting in Nice, southeastern France, left two people dead and five injured on Friday, authorities said.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
A bill extending Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move widely seen as tantamount to annexation of territory sought by Palestinians for a future state received preliminary approval from Israel’s parliament on Wednesday.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Wednesday that the global trading system is under severe strain from escalating tariffs, with developing nations bearing the brunt of the impact.
Azerbaijan’s Qarabağ FK and Spain’s Athletic Club are facing each other in a UEFA Champions League group-stage match at San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Donald Trump may hold talks in Malaysia in the coming days, Brazilian diplomatic sources told Reuters on Wednesday, as both nations seek to manage steep tariffs imposed by Washington.
Argentina’s Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein resigned on Tuesday night, the presidential office confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday, following earlier reports in the local media.
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