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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Isabel Keane

Trump claims making daylight saving time permanent will reduce the nation’s murder rate

President Donald Trump is pushing to make daylight saving time permanent, arguing that getting rid of the twice-yearly time change would reduce the murder rate across the country.

Trump urged the Senate to “PASS THE SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT,” which cleared the House last month in a 308-117 vote and would keep daylight saving time permanent instead of shifting the clocks back an hour each fall.

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