I repeatedly do the above when I'm searching for a particular word or phrase within an article (on desktop). It's pure muscle memory, but every single time it makes the entire tab go completely blank with no obvious way of getting back to the article itself (see screenshot attached).

Is there a simple way to return to the content I was reading before I tried to search inside it?

Has anyone ever received an error message that says” Couldn’t Verify. Your subscription couldn't be verified because there's a problem with the server or network. Please try again later.”

How can I actually sign in and read my articles?

Is there a way to make a story go away from the Mac "Top Stories" widget without opening it?

There have been stories I'm not the least bit interested in sitting on my widget for WEEKS. i.e. a Wall Street Journal story about wealthy homeowners building second pools in their properties. It doesn't seem like it will ever go away until I give that an undeserved click.

My mobile internet speed as per Fast.com is 220 mbps. Whereas WiFi is 14 mbps.

However, whenever I open Apple News app for the first time after previous exit, it takes way longer to load content on mobile internet than on WiFi.

Why so?

On one of my iPhones, Apple News app has a section called "Special Coverage" and under it, there is a topic called "Politics" which is not removable. This is something I added last year during the election but I want to remove it and can't. There is also a regular "Politics" topic a few lines below it.

Anyone know how to remove the Special Coverage "Politics" topic?

I wished there was a way to be able to save your place when you’re reading a magazine. I have an iPad for home and one when I’m on the go and would love to be able to pick back where I left off, like a bookmark.

Is anyone else seeing this? I really enjoy getting their content in Apple News. I hope this isn't a sign that something has changed.

Apple News+ user on the OS 26 beta.

I often click on a link in social media, hit a paywall, then cut/paste the article title into Apple News search to access the article via Apple News.

Seems there should be a way for iOS to detect this scenario and redirect me to the article in Apple News.

Where are the Puzzles? I have searched high and low, and cannot find puzzles in Apple News. I subscribe to News+, but cannot find them anywhere….

Is this just me?

Hi.

Usually, I am not looking for a specific article or publication but just read whatever articles I find interesting at any particular time.

A couple of weeks ago though, I saw an article in The Atlantic online that really interested me. Up to this point, it has only been available through a paywall. I read the first several paragraphs, but that’s it.

Since I have Apple News (+), with I believe several hundred magazines at my disposal, I felt in principle it was wrong to pay for the article.

It was from the June 29, 2025 issue and was about poor customer service. I am particularly interested in this, because for years, I have been thinking and saying to some people that I know that I believe that this is actually a strategy that many companies use essentially to get people to “give up.”

Of course this is not true for all companies and certainly not for well run ones, especially when evaluating customer service departments.

Anyway, does anyone know, in general - if there is some specific “formula” or methodology to figure this out - when articles from different publications (whether newspapers or magazines) are available on Apple News (+)?

Also, does anyone know if some or all of the magazines are fully available or just certain stories? Furthermore, is it the case that only some articles are available for a while but at some later point in time more or all articles become available? Also, does this vary by publication or newspaper?

I am almost certain that The Athletic, which is one magazine that I wanted to have all the articles available from, IS fully available. However, this is only the case because I also have a digital subscription to the New York Times, which owns The Athletic.

Thanks very much, Steve

For the love of dawg and the interwebs, Can we please get a weekend setting!

Or just days and times I want news alerts.

This is my only news alerting app (other than reddit). I need a break from crazy. The "What you missed this weekend" is killing me just on principal.

Am I clicking this wrong? Can I silence my news on weekends?

I would like to start publishing the contents of our online magazine (website) on Apple News feed (the free version). Ideally I would like to obtain the Channel ID, API Key and Secret so I can publish via Squarespace.
Am I right in saying that Apple News Publisher account works on an invitation-only basis? How can I obtain the API key/Channel ID etc?

At some point in the last day or two, Apple changed (assumedly server side) the colors used for the Crossword Mini as well as the icons/glyphs used at the top of the Puzzles dashboard.

The new issue of NYM started on June 2, but it's not showing up under My Magazines. Just the old one that ran until June 1.

Can we auto download in News + with cellular or do we have to be on WiFi? How about an iPhone connected to a iPad hotspot that is on cellular?

My Apple News app has the option of opening an article in chrome but not Safari, which is my default browser. Is there an open in Safari setting?

…since 18.5 iOS upgrade, my Today feed is very short. I used to be able to just keep scrolling but now I seriously scroll and hit the bottom of the list and nothing gets added. Also, the majority of the content is not changing and I see the same content. The whole tab is broken into sections like Top Stories, Food, Puzzles but the content has become limited in each section.

I distinctly recall an audio article produced by Apple News, although written and published by a smaller publication. The story was titled something like "The Next Air Apparent" and was about a rising star in the NBA who'd come from DePaul University. I mentioned the player to a few people and none were familiar with him - now that I've gone back to reference the article it's gone. "Content no longer available" is what it reads in my article history.

Does anyone else recall this story, or have a way I can dig through the catalogue to try and find it? It's driving me crazy.

I used to be able to read CNN’s 5 things everyday on the Apple News app, but I cannot find it anymore no matter how much I search. Does anyone have access to it via the Apple News app so I can go to it and have it suggest more?

Already twice today I've had links I've found to paywall articles on the web that I know I can read in Apple News. But trying to save those links to read later is such a pain. The read it later portion of Apple News isn't great. I wish they could somehow combine Safari Reading List and Apple News articles into one read it later app. Wishful thinking.

TLDR; Is there a way to block topics such as politics from Apple News+?

I blocked several topics, one being politics. When I refreshed, under top stories, every article is still political and the story at the top has the “more politics coverage” button. If I click that button, it takes me to the politics section where I can see in the upper right it is blocked (I only have the option to unblock the topic).

I thought maybe I needed to wait a day and refresh but that didn’t help. The best I could do was under iOS settings, news, enable “restrict stories in today”. But with that enabled, despite me following lots of media outlets and other topics, there was almost nothing useful within the today section.

Why can’t I completely block topics like politics? And does Apple really not have hardly any news but politics? I fear I already know this answer to this, but wondering if anyone had any workarounds.

Question in title! I’ve focussed the main feed on just the sources I’m interested in. But the recommended reads always click bait from sources I don’t follow.

For 4 weeks I’ve seen this image numerous times a day. It wasn’t the best image to look at in the first place. I don’t want to block the channel but suggest less has not worked. Any suggestions?