[Verse 1]
The White House dusted off an ancient law,
Eighteen eighty-two, with a iron jaw,
A rule that blocked Chinese from crossing in,
They're defending it again, let's begin,
Forbes reported it, the debate cuts deep,
Old legislation waking from its sleep,
Immigration policy back in the flame,
A century-old ghost without a name
[Chorus]
July fifteen, the news is spinning fast,
Headlines from the present shaped by the past,
Deals in the Oval, clocks refuse to fall,
Washington is writing on the wall,
July fifteen, pay attention now,
The country's moving, let us show you how
[Verse 2]
Iraqi Prime Minister al-Zaidi flew in,
Sat across from Trump, let the talks begin,
"Tremendous chemistry," that's what he said,
Promises of deals spread ahead,
Al Jazeera caught it, Globe and Mail too,
Two nations talking, building something new,
From Baghdad to the Beltway, handshakes sealed,
Commerce on the table, yet revealed
[Chorus]
July fifteen, the news is spinning fast,
Headlines from the present shaped by the past,
Deals in the Oval, clocks refuse to fall,
Washington is writing on the wall,
July fifteen, pay attention now,
The country's moving, let us show you now
[Bridge]
And in the House, they voted on the clock,
Daylight saving time is off the dock,
PBS and NBC confirmed the call,
One permanent hour to cover all,
No more springing forward, falling back,
Congress laid the clocks onto a track,
Time itself became a bill to sign,
Twenty-twenty-six, a new design
[Verse 3]
DEI got hauled before a hearing chair,
House dot gov declared it wasn't fair,
Called it discriminatory, called it wrong,
The debate in Congress growing strong,
And somewhere in the mix the White House face,
Getting renovated, brick by brick replaced,
Time reported on the new front door,
What it looked like, what it's headed for
[Verse 4]
The economy was humming through the noise,
Markets reading signals, finding poise,
Tariff talks still echoing down the hall,
Every trade a domino to fall,
Workers watching numbers on the screen,
Wondering what the shifting tides could mean,
From the factory floor to the trading floor,
July fifteen opened up one more door
[Chorus]
July fifteen, the news is spinning fast,
Headlines from the present shaped by the past,
Deals in the Oval, clocks refuse to fall,
Washington is writing on the wall,
July fifteen, pay attention now,
The country's moving, that's the headline vow
[Outro]
July fifteen, twenty-twenty-six,
Ancient laws and diplomatic tricks,
Permanent clocks and renovated walls,
That's the day when history calls
[Chorus]
July fifteen, the news is spinning fast,
Headlines from the present shaped by the past,
Deals in the Oval, clocks refuse to fall,
Washington is writing on the wall,
July fifteen, pay attention now,
The country's moving, let us show you how