CLOCKS FALL BACK SUNDAY: Trump's Push to Kill the Time Change Just Ran Out of Time

Americans will turn their clocks back on Sunday after President Donald Trump's months-long push to end the twice-yearly time change ran out of time in the Senate.

The United States will return to standard time at 2 a.m. ET on Sunday, and standard time will remain in effect until March 14, despite Trump's repeated efforts to get the Senate to follow the House and make daylight saving time permanent year-round.

The House voted 308-117 in July to end the clock-changing practice observed across most of the country since the 1960s, but the Senate never took up the bill.

Earlier this month, Trump shared the phone number of Republican Senator Tom Cotton, a strong critic of permanent daylight saving time, and called dozens of other senators seeking their support. Trump wrote on social media this week that the Senate was letting the bill die.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Politico earlier this month there was no consensus and no clear path forward, and congressional aides said there was likely not enough time left to take up the issue in the Senate's brief post-election session. Critics of permanent daylight saving time warn it would mean later winter sunrises, with children heading to school and workers commuting before daylight, while supporters argue the clock changes disrupt sleep, increase workplace injuries and accidents, and that permanent daylight saving would bring more evening light and economic activity in winter.