Good morning. In today’s edition:

• 🕝 Congress + daylight saving time
• 💰 CPI falls in June
• 🪲 40+-year-old insects

…and much more.

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–Conrad Hilton (1887-1979)

Changing the clocks twice a year moved one step closer to becoming history on Tuesday, when the House passed 308-117 the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 and cleared a key hurdle for legislation that would make daylight saving time (DST) permanent nationwide.

The renewed push comes after a similar bill passed the Senate in 2022 before dying in the House. This time around, the proposal has bipartisan backing along with support from President Trump.

Clocking the details

If approved, the Sunshine Protection Act would:

• End the twice-yearly tradition of "springing forward" and "falling back."
• Keep the whole country on DST for the entire year (instead of just March-November), unless a state chooses to opt out.
• Continue allowing states and US territories like Hawaii, most of Arizona, and Puerto Rico to remain on standard time year-round.
• Allow the 19 states that have already passed trigger laws to permanently observe DST.

A YouGov survey conducted earlier this year found roughly two-thirds of Americans want to end the twice-yearly clock change, though there's far less agreement on what should replace it.

Time for a change?

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL), argues permanent DST would create longer evenings that encourage outdoor activity in the fall/winter while also reducing traffic accidents, lowering crime, and boosting local businesses. Support for the proposal has been strongest in coastal states like Florida, where later sunsets are especially popular.

On the flip side: Opponents of the bill—including Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), who pushed to make standard time permanent instead—argue that permanent DST would create a darker, more dangerous environment for children heading to school before sunrise.

• Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), has warned some parts of the country wouldn't see the sun rise until nearly 9 AM during the winter under the proposed bill.
• Many sleep medicine experts have also pushed back, saying permanent standard time better aligns with the body's natural circadian rhythm.

Worth mentioning: Congress has experimented with permanent DST before—and it went about as well as the Fyre Festival 2 rollout. Lawmakers adopted DST year-round during the 1974 energy crisis, but repealed the policy within just a few months, after public support fell from 79% to 42% amid concerns over children waiting for school buses before sunrise.

Looking ahead...The bill still needs approval from the Senate and President Trump's signature before becoming law, while states will also have the opportunity to exempt themselves before the act takes effect.

📊 Flash poll: Which of the following options regarding daylight-saving time would you most prefer?

• Keep the current system (two annual clock changes)
• Permanent DST (later sunrise/sunset year-round)
• Permanent standard time (earlier sunrise/sunset year-round)
• Unsure/other

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BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📈 Consumer Price Index, America’s most widely used measure of inflation, rose 3.5% in June compared to the year prior, down from 4.2% in May; CPI fell a seasonally adjusted 0.4% month-over-month, marking the biggest such drop since April 2020.
• 📉 IBM shares close down 25%—the worst daily performance in company history—after tech giant reports disappointing preliminary Q2 results.
• 🚫🌐 New York becomes first US state to impose an AI data center ban; Gov. Kathy Hochul signs law barring construction of new “hyperscaler” data centers (using 50+ megawatts) for up to one year.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• ⚽ Spain defeats France 2-0 to advance to Sunday’s World Cup final; they’ll face the winner of Argentina v. England this afternoon (2 pm CT).
• 🏆 2026 Daytime Emmy nominees announced, led by The Young and the Restless (18 noms), Behind the Gates (15), and General Hospital (13).
• ⚾ MLB All-Star Game: American League defeats National League 4-0 behind 2 RBI from Yankees OF Cody Bellinger, who is named MVP.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 👋 Your dominant hand is much more associated with practice instead of an innate feature hardwired into your brain, new PNAS study suggests.
• 🦖 Gus the T. rex fossil sells for $50.1 million at auction in New York, marking new record price for a dino skeleton.
• 🏥 First-ever human X-rays in space are high enough quality to diagnose ailments like broken bones, newly published research shows; until now, ultrasounds have been the only practical medical imaging tech available to astronauts.

US, WORLD & POLITICS

• 🚢 President Trump reverses course on his demand for ships to pay a 20% fee to transit the Strait of Hormuz under US protection, saying he "decided to replace" the toll with trade and investment deals from Gulf states.
• 🚨 ICE agents instructed to immediately suspend most vehicle stops during enforcement operations nationwide following fatal shootings in Texas and Maine over the past week, per multiple reports.
• 🏛️ SCOTUS Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan testify before Congress about the Court’s budget request, with Barrett telling House subcommittee “the threat level” against her and other federal judges “is really high”; they’re the first Justices to testify to Congress since 2019.

☝️ Scientists recently fitted over a dozen pigeons with tiny cameras and backpacks to study their flight behavior, and discovered the birds engage in previously unknown eye movements that help them collect information regarding their environment.

🤔 Did you know? Some insects can live for decades, with the longest-living known insect—the golden jewel beetle (Buprestis aurulenta)—surviving well into its 40s thanks to spending decades in its larval form.

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• “Type-2 Fun” might be the secret to a more fulfilling life
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On Monday, we covered how Michigan’s Senate race is shaping up as a bellwether for the direction of the Democratic Party, amid a recent power struggle between its progressive wing—led by democratic socialists—and moderate establishment in primaries across the US.

❓ Our question to you: Do you support or oppose the recent emergence of the Democratic Socialists of America as a potential challenger to the Democratic Party establishment?

• Support: 44%
• Oppose: 43%
• Unsure/other: 13%

Read some of the most thoughtful longform responses.

+Note on sample size: We received 632 votes and 83 longform responses.

How it works: We provide an incorrect stat. Your challenge is to guess whether the actual number is over or under the given value.

1. 😓 1%: Chance the average American gets audited by the IRS each year.
2. 🐞 95%: The percentage of insect species with six legs.
3. 😴 20: Average number of years a person sleeps throughout their lifetime.

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2. 🐞 Over; 100%
3. 😴 Over; 25 years

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