{"id":82528,"date":"2026-04-29T07:29:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82528"},"modified":"2026-04-29T07:29:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:29:31","slug":"king-addresses-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/king-addresses-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"King Addresses Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">King Charles III<\/span> marked the 250th anniversary of American independence from Britain with gratitude that the two countries united to build \u201cone of the most consequential alliances in human history\u201d while urging \u201cthat we ignore the clarion calls to become ever more inward-looking.\u201d\u00a0Speaking Tuesday to a joint session of the\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">U.S. Congress<\/span>, Charles repeatedly highlighted the historical and cultural ties that he said have cemented an enduring bond between the United States and the United Kingdom. But even as he spoke in unifying, optimistic terms, he delivered a series of nuanced warnings encouraging leaders in the U.S. to remain collaborative and engaged in global affairs.<\/p>\n<p>He said the alliance between the U.S. and the U.K., tested anew by President\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0war in Iran, \u201ccannot rest on past achievements.\u201d Charles urged \u201cunyielding resolve\u201d in backing Ukraine against Russia and heralded the\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">NATO<\/span>\u00a0alliance<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1777447771\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"King Addresses Congress\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: King Charles III marked the 250th anniversary of American independence from Britain with gratitude that the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82529,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82528\/revisions\/82529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}