Trump has been having a dispute over daylight saving time with Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton. So, he posted the senator's number online: 'Call Tom'
Cotton defended his opposition to permanent daylight saving time, saying it could leave Arkansas children traveling to school in the dark.
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TAP FOR WHYWe Got This Covered is a digital outlet with limited evidence here of the transparency and institutional reporting standards associated with established newsrooms. The article attributes some information to the Associated Press and includes quotes and polling figures, but does not show a clear corrections policy or extensive original sourcing.
- Source type — A niche digital publisher; this page provides limited evidence of established newsroom standards.
- Editorial standards — The article attributes some reporting to the Associated Press and identifies a polling source, but offers little sourcing detail beyond that.
- Author attribution — The article names an author.
- Transparency — No corrections practice or broader editorial transparency is evident in the article.
The article includes direct quotations from both sides of the dispute, a poll with specific results, and some legislative history. Its sourcing is not deeply documented, and a passage about Cotton's response contains an apparent unrelated or garbled sentence, which weakens precision.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article presents both politicians' stated positions and includes polling that provides broader public context. It gives limited detail about the policy debate beyond the competing concerns about evening light and dark winter mornings.
- Counterarguments presented — Trump's case for more evening daylight and Cotton's concern about dark winter mornings are both included.
- Source diversity — The article quotes both politicians and cites a public poll, but does not include independent policy experts.
- Omitted context — The policy tradeoffs are summarized briefly, without much discussion of the evidence behind each position.
The article reports the disagreement in mostly descriptive language and presents arguments from both Trump and Cotton. It also includes polling that favors evening daylight, without clearly endorsing either politician's position.
- Language tone — Mostly descriptive, with some attention-grabbing phrasing around the public posting of the phone number.
- Source selection — Includes statements from both Trump and Cotton, as well as polling results.
- Framing — Frames the article around a public dispute over the bill rather than an argument for a party or policy position.
President Donald Trump posted a phone number belonging to Sen. Tom Cotton and urged Arkansans to press him to support year-round daylight saving time. Cotton argued that permanent daylight saving time would leave children facing dark winter mornings.
Trump posted a number that the Associated Press reported belonged to Cotton, urging people in Arkansas to tell the senator to support the Sunshine Protection Act. Trump said the twice-yearly clock change is disruptive and argued that permanent daylight saving time would give people more evening light. The bill passed the House and is stalled in the Senate, according to the article.
Cotton said he opposed the change because winter sunrises could be very late and children might have to go to school in the dark. The article also cited a 2025 poll in which 47% of adults opposed changing clocks twice a year, 12% favored it, and 40% were neutral.
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50 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Trump urged people to contact Sen. Tom Cotton and posted a number he said belonged to Cotton as he pushed for permanent daylight saving time. Cotton opposes the change, citing dark winter mornings. Left-leaning outlets focus on Trump's public pressure and phone-number post, often presenting the disclosure as an inappropriate or ineffective tactic. Center outlets largely describe both sides' policy arguments and the phone-number episode. Right-leaning outlets often pair Trump's push with Cotton's winter-morning objection, though some portray Cotton as delaying action.
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