Wednesday, April 29, 2026
4/29/202626 min
This is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.
On today’s edition of The Briefing, Dr. Mohler discusses the speech and visit of King Charles III, the new indictment against James Comey, the much-deserved indictment of the SLPC, and a 91-year-old woman who was unresponsive for days only to be found playing video games.
Part I (00:13 – 11:36)
The King’s Speech: King Charles III Makes State Visit to the U.S. and Delivers Message to a Joint Meeting of Congress
Part II (11:36 – 15:59)
A New Indictment Against Former FBI Director James Comey: The Investigation into James Comey Gets More Complicated … And Interesting
- Trump Administration Secures New Indictment Against Comey by The New York Times (Devlin Barrett and Tyler Pager)
Part III (15:59 – 23:53)
The Much-Deserved Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center: The Hateful and Hypocritical SLPC Charges for Funneling Money to Hate Groups
- The Southern Poverty Law Indictment by The Wall Street Journal (The Editorial Board)
Part IV (23:53 – 25:56)
A Parable of Our Age: A 91-Year-Old Woman Goes Unresponsive to Family for Days and Is Found In House Playing Video Games
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[intro music] It's Wednesday, April twenty-nine, two thousand twenty-six. I'm Albert Mohler, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview. History was made yesterday as King Charles III of the United Kingdom stood in the U.S. House of Representatives speaking to what is defined as a joint meeting of Congress, and that's only the second time in all of American history that a British monarch has done so. So let's just do a little bit of math here. So going back to seventeen seventy-six and going forward, how many British monarchs have actually ruled during that time? The magic answer is 10. There have been 10 crowned heads of Europe between George III in seventeen seventy-six and Charles III in two thousand and twenty-six. Okay, another number. How many reigning monarchs, how many kings or queens of England have visited the United States of America in person? The magic answer is three. Only three. King George VI, his daughter Queen Elizabeth II, and her son King Charles III. And so one of the things we need to note is that throughout most of American history, there was no British monarch who set foot on American soil. Now, you can understand some historical reasons why that might be the case, but one of the things that simply has to be remarked as a matter of historical consequence is that during the period between the last part of the nineteenth century and the middle of the twentieth century, the United States of America and the United