ALT USA Today A clock change dilemma pits science vs. politics Some politicians want permanent daylight saving time, but a chorus of scientists say that's the wrong way to fix the seasonal time change problem. Doyle Rice & Jeanine Santucci Updated Oct. 10, 2026, 11:35 a.m. ET Daylight is already fading, and soon Americans will set back the clocks too. But this year political support is building for doing away with seasonal time changes by switching to permanent daylight saving time. That would be a mistake, scientists say. A new report echoes a chorus of scientific research saying that permanent standard time is the best solution for eliminating the dreaded twice-yearly clock change. You might enjoy daylight saving time for its later sunsets throughout the year. But standard time's earlier sunrises are more in line with our body clocks, leading to better sleep and mood, authors of the report say. For now, most of the nation is scheduled to set the clocks back Nov. 1, ending…

ALT Politico John Thune says ‘no clear path forward’ for clock-change bill The GOP leader spoke as President Donald Trump reups his demand for permanent daylight saving time. Jordain Carney 10/05/2026, 6:27pm ET LE SUEUR, Minnesota — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday there is no “consensus” yet on advancing a bill establishing permanent daylight saving time even as President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Republicans to pass it. Thune (R-S.D.) addressed the matter in a Monday interview after Trump used his Truth Social account multiple times over the weekend to rail against the legislation, known as the Sunshine Protection Act — going so far as to post the personal cellphone number of one of its GOP opponents, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas. “The president feels strongly on it like he does a lot of issues,” he said. “It’s something we’re having conversations about but there’s no clear path forward or consensus on it yet.” While Trump singled out Cotton for scrutiny…

ALT Analysis of health impacts associated with adopting permanent standard time or permanent daylight saving time to inform policy in Canada Raymond W. Lam MD, Ralph Mistlberger PhD, Patrick Baylis PhD, Alexandra Choi MD Canadian Medical Association Journal 2026 October 5 Several regions in Canada are evaluating whether to implement permanent standard time (pST) or permanent daylight saving time (pDST) after eliminating the twice-yearly clock changes. Although the seasonal time changes produce long summer evenings and earlier winter mornings, the spring “leap forward” causes health harms, including sleep loss and short-term increases in adverse health and injury outcomes. Most, but not all, recent reviews have suggested that ending seasonal clock adjustments would eliminate transition-related harms, and major sleep and chronobiology societies have all called for abolishing the time change and implementing pST. However, North American jurisdictions eliminating time changes largely…

ALT Two photos from Newark on January 4. At 7:45am Eastern Daylight Time, the sky is pitch black. At 7:45am Eastern Standard Time, the sky is sunlit. Captions say: “How would you rather start your day half the year?” and “Permanent Standard Time is the safest, healthiest, quickest end to clock change.”