Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for November 21, 2025. In today’s top stories, we’re seeing shifts in the political landscape both at home and abroad. In U.S. news, Indiana Republican state lawmakers are reportedly bucking pressure from the White House to redraw congressional maps mid-cycle, with one senator citing conservative values for […]

August 21

1157:
Alfonso the Emperor died. His kingdom was divided between his two sons with
Sancho III the receiving Castile and , Ferdinand II, “who granted the Jews
special privileges” receiving León.

1165:
Birthdate of Philip II Augustus, the Fren…

December 21

69: The
Senate acknowledged Vespasian as emperor. This marked the end of the so-called
The Year of the Four Emperors during which four individuals – Galba, Otho,
Vitellius and Vespasian – held the position of imperial leadership. &nbs…