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Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for January 28, 2026. Today, in U.S. news, a government shutdown looms as Senate Democrats demand immigration enforcement reforms before they’ll vote on a funding bill, with the deadline fast approaching on Friday. Meanwhile, tensions are high in Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of lawful gun owner […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for January 27, 2026. We begin with a look at today’s top stories. In the U.S., Minneapolis is reeling after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents, an event where witness videos contradict the government’s initial account. This, coupled with a second deadly shooting and […]

Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for January 26, 2026. We begin with escalating tensions in the U.S., particularly in Minneapolis, where a second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by federal agents has sparked widespread protests and calls for investigation. The latest incident involved the killing of Alex Pretti by federal immigration […]

January 27

98: Nerva, the
Roman emperor who in “96 Nerva courted popularity in Rome for his new regime by
changing the way in which the special tax on Jews payable to the fiscus
Judaicus was exacted” passed away today.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/…

January
26

1482: “The first edition of the Pentateuch with
vowel signs and accents appeared today at Bologna.

1531: Three tremors shake Portugal and numerous
houses are destroyed in Lisbon by an earthquake which the Pope and others
believe confirm th…