Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for October 30, 2026. We start with a look at today’s headlines. In U.S. news, the expanding influencer economy is now impacting higher education, with colleges beginning to offer content creation programs. Politically, there’s growing concern that young men, who were key to Donald Trump’s return to […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for October 30, 2026. Today in U.S. news, colleges are adapting to the evolving influencer economy by offering content creation programs, while the upcoming midterms see young men who previously supported Trump and the GOP now reconsidering their votes or leaning towards Democrats. Legal uncertainty looms over […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for October 29, 2026. In today’s top stories, U.S. news sees uncertainty around a social media surveillance case following a judge’s death, as unions argue First Amendment violations regarding the review of immigrants’ social media feeds. Political pollsters are grappling with the amplification of “bad and fake” […]