3 p.m. King Charles Windsor-Mountbatten to address joint session of Congress -- C-Span to carry live, uninterrupted with commercials, talking commentators/politicos

 c-span.org/event/joint-session-of-congress/

King-Charles-III-addresses-joint-meeting-

of-us-congress/442557

17 artists, each displaying a distinctive style, will paint from 6 - 9 p.m. (Box Factory, St. Joseph, MI) - three days from now

 Face Off 

LIVE PORTRAIT EVENT

details at 

boxfactoryforthearts.org/

date is

Friday May 1, 2026

ALL

portraits created during the

event will be auctioned off,

with proceeds benefiting the

artists and arts programming

at the Box Factory [ 1101 Broad St.,

St. Joseph, MI ]

Five years ago , two months-- following House Impeachment for 2nd time, then-Senator Ben Sasse (NB) joined Democrats and other Senators to convict Trump "on conscience"

 Vote was 57 - 43

insufficient given 2/3rd requirement

to convict

Donald John Trump of high crimes

and misdemeanors

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further information about then-

Senator of Nebraska BEN SASSE

npr.org/2021/02/16/968252516/

sen-sasse-votes-to-convict-trump-

says-he-voted-his-conscience

Prayers for Ben Sasse, cancer patient (now lives Austin, TX) - academic PRES. Univ. Florida, before that U.S. Senator (GOP) for state of Nebraska (elected 2015) -

 People Magazine (April 2026)

he is dying of inoperable metastatizing PANCREATIC

cancer (diagnosed Dec. 2025) -- learned his torso is

chock-full of tumors) :

comments he has made to NY TIMES Ross Douthat

as well as

People Magazine's

Rachel Raposas (4/10/2026

issue / online posting)

He is a father of three

and now age 54 - - 

even at 3 - 4 months to live

"you have to redeem the time"

Ben Sasse: Terminal cancer patient -- tells 60_MINUTES "Neither political party is properly focusing on the challenges America will face in upcoming decades"

 CBS 60 Minutes

cbsnews.com/news/ben-sasse-

cancer-legacy-60-minutes

aired Sunday night 4/26/2026

Who foots the bill on TRUMP Ballroom? Senate Republicans now say Taxpayers to the tune of $400 million besides billionaire individuals/couples/corporate $

 The HILL dot-com

story for April 27 - 30

Senate Republicans

(PHOTO: Lindsey Graham, SC)

push Legislative Branch input of

$400 million --

[ explanatory note : this will be

"public" funding or in other words

TAXPAYER funded ]

Charles and Camilla, guests for STATE DINNER (and sleep over) -- April 27 - 30 (during War time) - first W.House State dinner of his second administration (VP Vance and his spouse, pregnant wife Usha)

STATE DINNER
follows

JOINT ADDRESS TO CONGRESS (By the current Monarch)

[ notice when you read "Declaration of Independence" 1776

how that individual / monarch is referred to ]

Guests = the U.K. Royal couple

King Charles (Windsor) eldest

offspring of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phiip 

and his Queen CAMILLA

(formerly Parker-Bowles) -- not the "Queen Mother" of

future King

Prince William (who married

Kate (nee_ Middleton) 

Host family

Donald, Melania, Barron

Formal State Dinner included

(the Trumps only managed two

of those during entire previous

2017-2021 term) -- France + Australia

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This is the biggest Royal Family

visit since 2007 , when

The Royal Sovereign marked the

400th anniversary of the founding

of Jamestown (later the colony of

Virginia)