Trump posts cell phone number of Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in fight over daylight saving time
Trump publicized a phone number he identified as Cotton's and called on Arkansans to press the senator over daylight saving time.

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The report includes direct statements from Trump and Cotton, describes arguments on both sides of the policy dispute, and provides polling context. It offers limited independent analysis of the policy's likely effects.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The report includes both sides' policy arguments and Cotton's response to Trump's pressure. It provides limited independent expert perspective on the effects of changing the time system.
- Counterarguments presented — Arguments for and against permanent daylight saving time are included.
- Source diversity — Trump and Cotton are quoted, with a poll providing additional context, but there are no independent experts.
- Opinion vs reporting — The story is reported as news and attributes its claims to speakers or polling.
The article reports the dispute in largely neutral language, quotes both Trump and Cotton, and presents arguments for and against permanent daylight saving time.
- Language tone — The wording is mostly descriptive, with no sustained partisan characterization.
- Source selection — Trump's and Cotton's positions are both directly quoted.
- Framing — The article frames the story around Trump's public pressure campaign and the disagreement over daylight saving time.
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President Donald Trump posted what he said was Sen. Tom Cotton’s personal cellphone number and urged Arkansans to pressure him to support permanent daylight saving time. Cotton reiterated his opposition, citing darker winter mornings.
Trump pressed Cotton to support the Sunshine Protection Act and posted a phone number with an Arkansas area code, urging residents to contact the senator. The Associated Press reported that it called the number, but no one answered and the voicemail box was full. Trump argued that permanent daylight saving time would provide more useful evening daylight; Cotton said it would leave children going to school in darkness during winter mornings.
The article says the Act passed the House in July but faced opposition in the Senate. It also cites a 2025 AP-NORC poll in which 47% opposed the current system of changing clocks twice a year, 12% favored it, and 40% were neutral.
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SWIPE →President who posted Cotton's personal cellphone number and urged calls to him
Senator opposing permanent daylight saving time
Cotton's version of this story ↗Former director of national intelligence mentioned in the account of the director transition
Part of a bigger story
50 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Trump posted a number he identified as Sen. Tom Cotton’s and urged Arkansans to contact him in support of permanent daylight saving time. The House had passed the measure, but it remained stalled in the Senate. Left-leaning outlets focus on the phone-number post as a pressure tactic and its fallout, often criticizing Trump’s conduct. Center outlets largely recount the policy dispute, Cotton’s objections, and the phone-number post in descriptive terms. Right-leaning outlets emphasize Trump’s push to advance the bill and Cotton’s opposition, while also reporting the post and criticism it drew.
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