By JILL COLVIN NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time. In a post on his social media site Friday, Trump said his party would try to end the practice when he returns to office. “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation,” he wrote. Setting clocks forward one hour in the spring and back an hour in the fall is intended to maximize daylight during summer months, but has long been subject to scrutiny. Daylight saving time was first adopted as a wartime measure in 1942. Lawmakers have occasionally proposed getting rid of the time change altogether. The most prominent recent attempt, a now-stalled bipartisan bill named the Sunshine Protection Act , had proposed making daylight saving time permanent. The measure was sponsored by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio , whom Trump has tapped to helm the State Department. Related Articles National Politics | Ruling by a conservative Supreme Court could help blue states resist Trump policies National Politics | A nonprofit leader, a social worker: Here are the stories of the people on Biden’s clemency list National Politics | Nancy Pelosi hospitalized after she ‘sustained an injury’ on official trip to Luxembourg National Politics | Veteran Daniel Penny, acquitted in NYC subway chokehold, will join Trump’s suite at football game National Politics | About 3 in 10 are highly confident in Trump on Cabinet, spending or military oversight: AP-NORC poll “Changing the clock twice a year is outdated and unnecessary,” Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida said as the Senate voted in favor of the measure. Health experts have said that lawmakers have it backward and that standard time should be made permanent. Some health groups , including the American Medical Association and American Academy of Sleep Medicine, have said that it’s time to do away with time switches and that sticking with standard time aligns better with the sun — and human biology. Most countries do not observe daylight saving time. For those that do, the date that clocks are changed varies, creating a complicated tapestry of changing time differences. Arizona and Hawaii don’t change their clocks at all.PLATINUM EQUITY INVESTS IN HVAC/R DISTRIBUTOR GLOBAL, THE SOURCE
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Ruben Amorim said Manchester United need to "run like mad dogs" if they are ever going to become a credible force again as he conceded they are not "a massive team". United's midweek defeat at Arsenal saw them plummet to 13th in the Premier League and Amorim has questioned aspects of the squad's fitness. The Portuguese said at his first press conference United "have to be better running back" and that they need to improve their "physical aspect". Amorim has started 21 different players during his four games in charge and made six changes in each of the last three fixtures, with the rotation partly enforced by some players' returns from injury amid the trial and error process. READ MORE: Amorim close to settling on United first XI READ MORE: United missing three players as Amorim pays tribute to Kath Phipps Former United manager Jose Mourinho said after a 2-2 draw with Southampton in December 2018 that they "don’t have many, with all the respect, mad dogs – the ones who bite the ball all the time and press all the time". His compatriot used the same phrase to describe the intensity the current United need to operate at. "It’s impossible to win the Premier League without a team like that, that fights for every moment, runs back, runs forward, it’s impossible to win," Amorim said. "If we want to win we have to do it. "Even with the best starting XI on the planet, without running they will not win nothing. So that is very clear. If we want to win the Premier League we have to run like mad dogs. If not, we are not going to! "What I see is that they’re making an effort and there’s a lot of room to improve. Changing that thing you can sometimes say is simple because it’s just running but it’s something in the head of the players. We are doing that, they know it. Let’s see in a few months what is the moment of the players. "We’re a massive club but we’re not a massive team and we know it, so it is no problem to say it. We want to improve, we are in a different moment from Arsenal. "But you could feel it during the game, I think we have to believe more. We weren’t dominant in the game but we had control. Not so many chances for Arsenal, of course a lot of set pieces, but we were okay, especially in the first half. "You could feel that there’s so much to do, we need to be better in the final third, they had more danger. I felt Arsenal had problems to block our build up but then when they defended the goal it was quite comfortable for them so we are learning and trying to improve. "This club has glories in the past. Our players have to understand that it’s a very difficult position. We’re not one of the best teams in the league and we have to say and think that clearly but our past, our club, is maybe the best one in the league. "So here we have a problem and we have to focus on the little things and little details. If you think everything will be a problem then think about the small details and then we will improve it as a team." Amorim revealed last week some players who have not recently recovered from injury had to come off in games after 60 or 70 minutes. As far back as David Moyes's tenure, new United managers have raised concerns about United's running stats. Moyes irked the dressing room by promising the 2013 title winners he would "make them run more", Louis van Gaal was publicly critical of Luke Shaw's fitness, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer demanded the team be "the hardest-working" in the league and Erik ten Hag was critical of United's standards for sleep, recovery and nutrition. Bruno Fernandes has only missed two matches through injury during his whole United career and Diogo Dalot has been absent for a mere eight games with a hamstring problem since he returned from a season-long loan at AC Milan in summer 2021. Dalot was recovering from a meniscus injury when he joined United in 2018 and the Portuguese endured two injury-laden years before he was loaned to Milan. Amorim admitted United lack players as durable as Fernandes. "The problem to be fit enough is if they can cope with that," Amorim opined, "If they are used to it in training they will do that in games, they’re professional athletes they can improve this. You cannot be faster but you can run more in training and we have to improve in training and then improve in games they will be able to do it. "Every coach has a different way of pressing, some use more of a low block, some coaches want to press higher and that changes the load of the players during the game. They will be able to do it if they do it in every single game and every single training. "Mason Mount, because they came from injury and don’t have a lot of training during the week (he came off at Arsenal). Sometimes they are recovering and if they don’t play after the game they can’t run a lot during training because in two days they will have a game and can be used. So it’s really tricky in this moment to cope with everything. "But they’re improving. They will cope, they’re professional athletes and they will improve in that aspect and then you have something. Bruno can recover really fast. Diogo Dalot, if I remember in the past, he had the same problems with injuries, they have to keep a lot of weeks or months without an injury then it will be easy for them."ITV I'm A Celebrity's Danny Jones' son, six, makes tearful admission in moving reunion
Auto industry leaders say U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on Canadian goods would have devastating effects for the sector, forcing both Canadian and U.S. consumers to pay higher vehicle prices. Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association, said it's unreasonable to apply such a tax to vehicle parts, which may cross the border up to eight times before ending up in a finished vehicle. He noted the auto industry works with single-digit profit margins. "A tariff of 25 per cent is like talking about purple unicorns," said Volpe in an interview. "I think we need to ignore the number, because cars would cease to be made by American companies if that came into effect." Trump sparked backlash among Canadian business and political leaders after posting to Truth Social on Monday that he will sign an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all products coming to the United States from Canada and Mexico. The incoming president said such a tariff would remain in place until Canada and Mexico stop drugs and people from illegally crossing the borders. Global Automakers of Canada president and CEO David Adams said his organization had "obvious concerns" about the announcement. “A 25 per cent tariff on all imports from Canada — the largest trading partner of the United States — will negatively impact jobs and livelihoods on both sides of the border across a number of key sectors of our economies. This would also be the case for the automotive industry," said Adams in a statement. "In our view, Canada must act swiftly and firmly to make the case that the U.S. and Canada are stronger and more competitive when we face the global challenges together, not apart.” Volpe said any cross-border tax would increase the cost of components and raw materials that go back and forth between the neighbouring countries. That would lead to a slowdown in production and a supply shortage, prompting higher prices for customers at dealerships. "Everybody would feel it," he said. "First, the American consumer would feel it. But it wouldn't take too long before it would be shared by everybody, meaning everybody in Canada and Mexico as well." During the U.S. election campaign, Trump had promised to introduce a universal 10 per cent tariff on all American imports — a pledge that would reduce the size of the Canadian economy by around one per cent, resulting in $30 billion per year in economic costs, according to previous modelling by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. But asked if he would consider any tariff level digestible for the Canadian auto sector, Volpe replied, "Zero is the maximum." "It's simply because we've built this auto sector together," said Volpe. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 27, 2024. Sammy Hudes, The Canadian PressThe Prime Minister said his younger brother, who had learning difficulties because of complications at birth, had met “all the challenges life threw at him with courage and good humour”. He died peacefully on Boxing Day, according to the Prime Minister’s spokesman. The Prime Minister had been due to go on holiday with his family on Friday, but it is understood that he will now remain at home, and hopes to join them later. Sir Keir said in a statement: “My brother Nick was a wonderful man. “He met all the challenges life threw at him with courage and good humour. We will miss him very much. “I would like to thank all those who treated and took care of Nick. Their skill and compassion is very much appreciated.” Sir Keir spoke candidly about his brother in a recent biography written by journalist and former Labour Party adviser Tom Baldwin. While growing up in Surrey, the brothers shared a bunk bed in a room with an airing cupboard, and “just enough space for a couple of small desks where we’d do our homework”. The biography recorded how each child of the Starmer family was given a dog for their 10th birthday, and Nick and his twin sister Katy received Jack Russell terriers called Greg and Ben. The book also described how their mother, Jo, had taught Nick to read, but Sir Keir remembered how the school described his brother as “remedial”. Sir Keir, the middle child of four siblings, said: “They had no expectation of him or anything and I’m not sure he even sat exams, so he had nothing to show for coming out of education. “We were a family of six, so it didn’t feel lonely and I shared a room with him, but Nick didn’t have many friends and got called ‘thick’ or ‘stupid’ by other kids.” He added: “Even now I try to avoid using words like that to describe anyone.” Nick worked on scrap cars and scaffolding, earning enough money to rent a home near where he had grown up, according to the book. It said Sir Keir was best man at Nick’s wedding, and the now Prime Minister recalled borrowing a car so his brother was not “driving his bride from the church in his beaten-up minivan, which had all his clothes in the back”. The marriage ended and Nick lived for some time in Yorkshire. In 2022, Sir Keir stepped away from local election campaigning to make several hospital visits to see his brother, who was seriously ill at the time. The Prime Minister also spoke about Nick in his speech at this year’s Labour Party conference in Liverpool. As he described his early encounters with art and culture, and the need to remove social barriers, Sir Keir told delegates: “My brother, who had difficulties learning, he didn’t get those opportunities. “Every time I achieved something in my life, my dad used to say, ‘Your brother has achieved just as much as you, Keir’. “And he was right. I still believe that.” Mr Baldwin, writing for The Times on Friday, recalled the moment in 2023 that he learned from Sir Keir that his brother was dying of lung cancer. He wrote: “This has been a huge part of his life over the past couple of years, during which he made regular trips to Leeds where his brother was in hospital. “Even during the election campaign and since he entered Downing Street, Starmer has continued to visit without a camera crew in sight. “He got to know the staff treating his brother so well that he could recite all their names and they would let him into the hospital through a back door so that there would be no publicity.” Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch was among those in the world of politics to offer their condolences. She wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “This is such awful news. Particularly devastating at Christmas time. “My sincere condolences to Keir Starmer and all his family.” Irish premier Simon Harris wrote: “My sincere sympathy to Keir Starmer and his family on such sad news. “They are in my thoughts at this difficult time.”