Trump’s Inaccurate Anecdote on ‘Right to Repair’ Cars

President Donald Trump waded into the contentious “right to repair” your own auto debate, but he recounted a wildly inaccurate anecdote to bolster his support for consumers. According to Trump, in remarks on June 4, “They gave a man seven years in jail, actually, because he fixed his own car.” The following day, at a roundtable on agriculture in Chippewa…Read More

Trump’s Push to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent

Legislative efforts to make daylight saving time permanent year round got a boost with support from President Donald Trump, who criticized the twice-yearly clock switching as cost-prohibitive. But there is no strong evidence that Trump’s solution — switching permanently to daylight saving time — would provide the economic boost Trump suggests it would. The Sunshine Protection Act, which would make…Read More