President Donald Trump posted the cell phone number of Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas as he pushed Senate Republicans to make daylight saving time permanent, according to Politico. The post came as the effort to end the country's twice-yearly clock changes stalled, Politico reports.
Trump urged people to call the Arkansas senator as part of the push, according to PBS. The Hill reported that the president shared the GOP senator's cell number over the stalled daylight saving legislation. USA Today also reported that Trump was pressing Senate Republicans on the issue.
Reuters reported that Trump's push to end the practice of switching clocks in the United States had reached a dead end. The president's public sharing of a sitting senator's personal number marked an unusual step in the stalled legislative effort, according to the outlets.
The flurry of coverage on Saturday, October 3, 2026, centered on the same stalled proposal and the president's pressure campaign on members of his own party.
What to watch next: whether Senate Republicans move the daylight saving measure forward, and how Cotton responds to the release of his number.
