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Trump-backed Daylight Saving Time bill clears key House hurdle
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A bipartisan push to make Daylight Saving Time permanent is heading for a chamber-wide vote after clearing a key House hurdle.
The House Rules Committee on Monday teed up a floor vote on the Sunshine Protection Act, which would allow states to enact Daylight Saving Time year-round — with an option to opt out. The committee approved the rule in a 6-4 vote.
The measure has the support of many coastal lawmakers and President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly urged Congress to make Daylight Saving Time permanent and end the twice-a-year ritual of changing clocks — a practice currently observed by every state except Hawaii and most of Arizona.
Proponents argue that resetting clocks has negative health impacts, while permanent Daylight Saving Time would boost outdoor recreation, tourism and economic activity, among other benefits.
Rep. Vern Buchanan, a Republican from Florida, attends a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Most Americans already set their clocks forward one hour each spring to preserve more evening daylight before «falling back» one hour in November.
«Americans are overwhelmingly supportive of this policy and want to end the practice of ‘springing forward’ and ‘falling back.’ Locking the clock all year long would have positive impacts on sleep schedules, energy conservation, motor vehicle safety, and our economy,» Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., said in an opening statement Monday.
«In practice, this change would mean more time for people to exercise outside, visit family, attend concerts and sporting events, attract customers to their retail businesses, and more.»
«Floridians and Americans across the country are tired of the biannual time change, and the evidence is clear that permanent daylight saving time can improve public health, reduce traffic accidents, lower crime and encourage more outdoor activity,» Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., who authored the measure, previously said in a May news release.
«Ending the clock change is a commonsense reform that will improve everyday life for millions of Americans,» he added.
The legislation’s momentum comes after the House Energy and Commerce Committee overwhelmingly passed the measure 48-1 in May.
«It’s time that people can stop worrying about the ‘Clock,’ not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice-yearly production,» Trump wrote following the Sunshine Protection Act’s advancement out of committee. «It will also be a very nice WIN for the Republican Party. Take it! We are going with the far more popular alternative, Saving Daylight, which gives you a longer, brighter Day — And who can be against that — This is an easy one!»
President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol on June 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Roughly 20 states have already passed legislation that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent if Congress were to authorize the practice. Alabama, South Carolina, Oregon, Maine and Florida are among those places.
But opponents, including several medical organizations, argue that permanent standard time — which provides more sunlight in the morning — would be the healthier option because it would more closely align with the body’s natural circadian rhythms.
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., proposed amending the bill with language from her co-sponsored Sunshine for Our Kids Act, which would make standard time permanent nationwide. The amendment was quickly rejected.
Scanlon argued that permanent daylight saving time would pose significant health and safety risks by leaving more Americans — particularly children — in darkness during morning hours. She also pointed to the nation’s brief experiment with year-round daylight saving time in 1974, which Congress abandoned after widespread public backlash.
Rep. Nanette Barragán, D-Calif., was also the lone lawmaker to oppose the legislation during the Energy and Commerce Committee markup in May, citing concerns that year-round daylight saving time could negatively affect children’s health and sleep schedules.
Some conservative lawmakers have also argued that GOP leadership should be focused on what they describe as more pressing legislative issues, including legislation codifying Trump’s border security executive orders and the stalled SAVE America Act.
«Republicans are majoring in the minors — fiddling with the clocks while the country burns,» Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, wrote Monday.
The House has already passed versions of the SAVE America Act multiple times, but the measure has struggled to overcome the Senate’s legislative filibuster.
This illustration photo shows a clock in the background of a smartphone showing the time after Daylight Saving Time was implemented in Los Angeles. (Chris Delmas/Getty Images)
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The Senate unanimously passed a version of the Sunshine Protection Act in 2022, but it died in the House amid opposition, including from lawmakers who voiced concerns about darker morning hours in parts of the country during the winter.
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Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was appointed to fill her brother’s Senate seat after a push from President Donald Trump.
«It’s my honor to ask his little sister, Darlene Graham, to finish his work for him now,» South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said at a ceremony on Monday afternoon.
McMaster, a close Trump ally, appointed Nordone nearly 48 hours after her brother and longtime lawmaker suddenly died from an aortic dissection.
McMaster’s pick comes after Trump pushed for Graham’s «wonderful sister» Nordone to get the job.
«This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly,» Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social on Monday morning.
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Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham Nordone to fill the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s seat on Monday, July 13, 2026. (Fox News)
Others were also initially considered, including Lt. Gov. Pam Evette, who Trump endorsed in her failed bid to clinch the GOP nomination for governor, former Rep. Trey Gowdy and former Sen. Jim DeMint, sources told Fox News Digital.
Her appointment fills the seat through Jan. 3, while voters decide in November who will hold the seat for the next six-year term.
At this point, it’s unclear if Nordone, 62, would consider running for a full six-year term, and there’s already private jockeying to run in the special election, set for Aug. 11, to secure the GOP nomination in the Palmetto State, with Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Ralph Norman, R-S.C., both eyeing a bid.
Graham’s death narrowed Republicans’ Senate majority and added pressure to keep every GOP vote available, especially with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., still being treated after a fall and pneumonia.
Nordone, who has largely kept out of the public eye, is married to Larry Nordone and has two daughters. She has worked with the South Carolina Commission for the Blind (SCCB) as commissioner, according to the organization’s 2026-27 budget. The SCCB provides services aimed at helping blind and low-vision South Carolina residents gain employment, independence and self-sufficiency.
In the past, she has described a personal closeness with Lindsey Graham, having been raised by him after the death of their mother when she was just 11.
«I have always looked up to Lindsey. He’s just always been there for me as long as I can remember. If I fell down and scraped my knee, Lindsey was the one I ran to,» she recounted in a 2014 campaign ad.
Nordone has not previously held elected office. She will become South Carolina’s first female senator.
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Former Sen. Lindsey Graham, left, pictured alongside his sister, Darline Graham Nordone, right. (William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Images; Rainier Ehrhardt/Associated Press)
Following Trump’s endorsement, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), also put his support behind Nordone on Monday morning ahead of the announcement.
«Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, would be a fantastic pick to serve out the remainder of the Senate term,» Scott wrote in a post to X.
«After speaking with Darline, there is no one better who understands Lindsey’s love for family, our state and our country.»
McMaster also described speaking with Darline ahead of her appointment as well as with Trump.
«After we spoke on the phone in the wee hours of Sunday morning and you agreed to serve through tears, I had wondered what you would say and I was humbled by your quickness to see the duty that you had to serve. And I called the president afterwards, and he thought it was a great idea,» McMaster said.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., also voiced his support for Nordone.
He told CNN Monday afternoon that he had already spoken with both Nordone and McMaster the day before, and believed that tapping the longtime lawmaker’s sister to fill his spot, «in my view, makes a lot of sense.»
«I think, in many respects, it would be a way of extending Lindsey’s legacy here, and certainly something that, if that’s what they decide to end up doing, I think there’d be a lot of support for,» Thune said.
The filing period for a special primary election begins on July 21, with the special election to follow on Aug. 11. A runoff, if needed, would be held Aug. 25, leaving the candidate just two months to campaign before the Nov. 3 general election.
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Trump informó que EEUU investiga la posible presencia de drones iraníes en Cuba: “Si los tienen, nos encargaremos de ello en breve”
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, informó el lunes por la noche que su Gobierno investiga una posible presencia de drones iraníes en Cuba y advirtió que Washington actuará si confirma esa información. “Si los tienen, y es muy posible que los tengan, nos encargaremos de ello. Marco está justo en la habitación de al lado. Y si los tienen, nos encargaremos de ello en breve”, afirmó desde el Despacho Oval.
Trump respondió a preguntas de la prensa sobre una eventual presencia de drones iraníes en la isla y sostuvo que su administración no permitirá esa situación. Además, planteó la posibilidad de que Cuba también almacene armamento iraní.
«Podría ser» que la isla caribeña estuviera «almacenando algunos» misiles iraníes, señaló el mandatario. “Lo estamos investigando ahora mismo”, expresó, antes de remarcar que su Gobierno no va a «permitir que eso ocurra“.
Las declaraciones del presidente llegaron poco después de que el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, anunciara que Washington continuará con el uso de «todas las herramientas a su disposición» para «impulsar» reformas «políticas y económicas» en Cuba y poner fin a «décadas de represión e incompetencia económica de su régimen comunista“.
En la víspera, el embajador de Estados Unidos ante las Naciones Unidas, Mike Waltz, sostuvo que Cuba alberga bases «tanto rusas como chinas» y atribuyó a Moscú y Beijing la presencia de «puestos de inteligencia, puestos de recolección de señales y oficiales militares en Cuba“.
Las declaraciones se producen en un contexto de creciente presión de Washington sobre La Habana. Al embargo vigente desde hace más de seis décadas, Estados Unidos sumó desde comienzos de año un bloqueo energético que provocó, en distintas ocasiones, la interrupción total del suministro eléctrico en la isla.
El pasado viernes, las autoridades cubanas confirmaron un nuevo apagón eléctrico de alcance nacional, el cuarto registrado en lo que va del año.
El régimen cubano incorporó más de 300 drones militares de origen ruso e iraní desde 2023, según fuentes de inteligencia citadas por Axios. El informe sostiene que las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (FAR) analizan un eventual uso de estos sistemas contra objetivos militares estadounidenses, como la Base Naval de Guantánamo o instalaciones en Cayo Hueso, en medio de la creciente tensión con Estados Unidos.
Las autoridades del régimen, encabezadas por Miguel Díaz-Canel, invocaron el derecho a la legítima defensa, aunque no negaron la posesión de estos sistemas. El canciller Bruno Rodríguez advirtió que habrá un «baño de sangre» si Washington ejecuta una acción militar contra la isla.
De acuerdo con el portal El Toque, el interés de las FAR por los drones antecede a 2023 y responde a una política de cooperación militar con Irán, Rusia, Bielorrusia, Argelia, Venezuela y Vietnam. El medio también señala que existen indicios de que la industria militar del régimen desarrolló capacidad para ensamblar y modificar estos equipos.
Uno de los primeros antecedentes documentados data de 2012, cuando el entonces director de la empresa bielorrusa Minsk Aircraft Overhaul Plant, Yevgeny Vaitsekhovich, informó sobre un proyecto conjunto con la dictadura cubana para ensamblar drones Sterkh-BM. En 2024, el ministro de las FAR, Álvaro López Miera, visitó instalaciones militares en Bielorrusia donde inspeccionó modelos Irkut, Orlan, Supercam, Formula, VR-12, Moskit y Busel.
Según Axios, no existe evidencia pública sobre los modelos exactos incorporados por las FAR, aunque las fuentes consultadas apuntan a sistemas similares a los utilizados en la guerra de Ucrania, entre ellos los iraníes Shahed-136, Arash-2 y Mohajer-6, además del ruso Geran-2.
El Shahed-136 posee un alcance estimado de entre 2.000 y 2.500 kilómetros y puede transportar una ojiva de 40 a 50 kilogramos. El Arash-2 ofrece una autonomía de hasta 30 horas, mientras que el Mohajer-6 incorpora sensores electroópticos e infrarrojos y puede portar municiones guiadas de precisión.
El informe también indica que gran parte de los drones observados en Cuba corresponde a modelos comerciales chinos adaptados para tareas de vigilancia y reconocimiento. Además, las instituciones educativas de las FAR incorporaron formación específica en Vehículos Aéreos No Tripulados (VANT) y la Empresa Militar Industrial Yuri Gagarin presentó drones con capacidad para lanzar pequeñas granadas de mortero durante el ejercicio Meteoro 2025, lo que evidencia capacidad de ensamblaje, modificación y mantenimiento dentro de la isla.
El análisis publicado por Axios sostiene que «presentar drones armados como ‘medios defensivos’ supone una confusión conceptual sobre los principios básicos de la doctrina militar o una deliberada distorsión del lenguaje para consumo político interno“. Además, señala que la incorporación de estos sistemas respondió a un proceso de planificación de varios años y no a una reacción inmediata frente a las tensiones recientes con Estados Unidos.
(Con información de Europa Press)
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