On April 28, 2026, the 119th Congress gathered for a historic joint meeting to hear an address by His Majesty King Charles III, who celebrated the enduring "bond of kinship" between the U.S. and the U.K. during the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence. While the King emphasized shared democratic values rooted in the Magna Carta, the Senate was concurrently embroiled in a heated debate over reforming Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to curb warrantless searches of American communications. Further challenging executive overreach, Senator Tim Kaine introduced a War Powers Resolution to prohibit unauthorized hostilities against Cuba, asserting that a U.S.-led energy blockade has created a devastating humanitarian crisis on the island. Partisan tensions  ...