May not be answering your question but I feel like U.S. news is kind of false value. Do we really need to know what's going on at the Federal level? At least not at any sub-quarterly cadence.

I use Apple News to swipe right and see various happenings on the local level. There's national stuff too, it's not perfect by any means, but point being all of it is mostly a distraction vs actually need-to-know.

If you regularly call your representatives, knowing what's happening at a federal level is helpful. Likewise if you set aside money to donate to causes you value.

Depending on what you're looking for, you could subscribe to the Sunday edition of your local (or national) newspaper.

I have a few I love!

NextDraft https://nextdraft.com is written by Dave Pell. Dave is from the 90’s-era “digerati,” folks like Kevin Kelly and Louis Rossetto. He signs each newsletter “Editor, Internet.” He surfaces the news of the day and provides hilarious and sometimes poignant commentary on it. He has a decidedly “San Francisco left-wing” viewpoint. If that’s your jam, his newsletter is an absolute treat. I truly love that man.

I also love Pirate Wares https://piratewares.com, Mike Solana’s newsletter. Mike has neither really a left or right viewpoint. He’s more of the type to sit above left or right and point out there are multiple other dimensions and forces at work. Covers tech, news, finance, science.

I also really like Bloomberg’s Open and Close newsletters, and I LOVE Matt Levine’s Bloomberg Money Stuff newsletter, though it isn’t so much focused on general news as it is on finance. But again, what an absolute treat it is to read him. Love him.