To follow the news without politics, you have four options: hide political topics and sources in the apps you already use, such as Google News and Apple News; switch to newsletters about one subject; follow only non-political feeds in a reader with mute filters; or have an Avos briefing leave politics out with a filter written in plain words.
This guide is for people who want science, technology, business, sport or their own field without the campaign coverage. One warning first: no method removes every political story, because many stories are partly political. A tariff story is business and politics at once; the section on mixed stories says how to draw that line. Full disclosure: Avos is our product. Facts about the other products come from their own help and pricing pages, linked below.
Can you hide politics in Google News or Apple News?
Partly, and it's the quickest place to start.
Google News. Signed in to your Google Account, you can follow the topics you want and stop following the rest. Under a story, the More menu offers "Fewer stories like this" and "Hide all stories from [source]", and the Android app adds "Fewer stories about a topic" (Google News Help). Note the word "fewer": these are signals, not a wall. And Google says headline stories, labeled "Headlines" or "Top Stories", are not personalized: "people who use the same language and region get news for the same subjects" (how stories are selected).
Apple News. Apple News can block a topic or a channel. On iPhone, iPad or Mac, search for the topic or channel, open it, tap More Actions and choose Block Topic or Block Channel (Apple Support). The same page notes a gap: "Top Stories appear the same for everyone", so a story from a channel you blocked can still show its headline there.
Both work by subtraction: you remove politics from a feed built for general news, so expect to keep pruning.
Are there newsletters that skip politics?
Few promise it outright. The practical route is a newsletter about one subject, where politics turns up only when it touches that subject.
- TLDR calls itself "A Byte Sized Daily Tech Newsletter" covering "startups, tech, and programming", free and daily (tldr.tech). Its newsletters page lists editions for AI, design, marketing, crypto, fintech, data, hardware and more.
- 1440 is often recommended here, so read what it promises: "fact-driven news and knowledge for the insatiably curious, without the opinions or distractions", a 5-minute brief every morning, "100% free" (join1440.com). That removes spin, not politics: its 4 November 2026 issue opened with the US Senate results.
With any newsletter, its editors choose the stories, and you can't switch off the one section you dislike.
Can a feed reader filter out politics?
Yes, with the most control. Follow only non-political feeds, such as a research institute, a company blog or a hobby site, then add filters for what slips in.
- Feedly mute filters hide a word or phrase for a day, a week, a month or forever, in one folder or all of them, and are "active in Feedly Pro+, and Enterprise plans" (docs). Feedly AI can also mute topics, from "a set of 1000+ pre-trained topics" (muting topics).
- Inoreader filters keep only the articles that match, or remove them, by words in the title or content, the author or the URL, per feed or folder. Pro includes 50 (filters) and costs €6.67 a month billed annually (pricing).
Keyword filters are blunt both ways. Muting "election" also hides a board election at a company you follow, and misses a story about a minister that never uses the word.
How do the options compare?
Checked on 6 November 2026 against Google News Help on customizing your feed and how stories are selected, Apple's pages on blocking topics and Apple News, TLDR's home and newsletters pages, 1440's home page, Feedly's docs on mute filters and topics, and Inoreader's filters and pricing pages.
| Option | What you get | How it reaches you | Cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google News | Followed topics, fewer stories like one, hidden sources; Headlines the same for everyone | The app or website | No price on its help pages; needs a Google Account | Trimming an app you already use |
| Apple News | Blocked topics and channels; Top Stories the same for everyone | The News app on iPhone, iPad and Mac | Free; News+ is $12.99 a month | Hard blocks on Apple devices |
| One-subject newsletter, such as TLDR | One subject, chosen by its editors | Email, daily | Free | Interests that match one newsletter |
| 1440 | A 5-minute brief on all the news, politics included | Email, every morning | Free | Readers who mind spin more than politics |
| Feedly | Your feeds, with word and AI topic mutes | In Feedly | Mute filters on Pro+ and Enterprise; see Feedly's pricing | People who already read in Feedly |
| Inoreader | Your feeds, with keep or remove filters | In Inoreader | Filters on Pro, €6.67 a month billed annually | Readers who like exact rules |
| Avos News | A written briefing from topic feeds, with "no politics" in each section's filter | One email at your time; also on the web | Free Starter plan; issues use credits, see pricing | A daily email with the line drawn in your words |
How do you set up a news briefing without politics in Avos?
An Avos newsletter is built from sections. Each News section reads the feeds you pick and has its own filters, written in plain words, and AI checks each story against them before writing the section. You describe what you want to an AI editor in chat, and it builds and revises the sections.
- Start from a sentence or a template. "Every morning at 7: technology, science and health, and the electric car industry. No politics." Or adapt a topic-first template such as Science & Health or Tech, AI & Business.
- Pick topic feeds, not general ones. In each section's Feeds settings: curated topics such as Tech, Custom topics (a news search for any subject, with its own language and region, such as "battery technology"), and RSS feeds from the built-in directory, which includes official sources such as arXiv and the FDA. Skip broad feeds such as the World topic, which carries the day's biggest stories, politics included.
- Write the filter in each section's settings: "Leave out politics and elections: campaigns, polls, parties and what politicians said." Add what to keep from mixed stories (below).
- Read an issue first. Generate one in the editor and see what got through.
- Ask the AI editor to tighten it. "A minister's speech got into Business. Keep speeches and party news out." The new wording stays visible in the section's settings.
- Schedule it daily, weekly on the weekdays you choose, or monthly, at your time and in your timezone.
Your copy of each issue ends with "How would you rate today's issue?" and the numbers 1 to 5; the follow-up page lets you say what slipped through. The AI editor sees recent ratings, suggests one change when they point at a problem, and changes nothing until you agree. Every feed kind is on every plan, the free Starter plan included.
What about stories that are both politics and something else?
This is where every method leaks. A tariff is trade policy and a cost for companies. An AI law is technology and legislation. Any filter has to decide which side such a story falls on, and sometimes it will decide differently from you. Two habits help.
Say what to keep, not only what to drop. "No politics" leaves the hard cases to judgment. Spell them out: "Keep how trade rules affect prices, supply chains and company results; leave out who proposed them, votes and campaign talk." In Avos that goes in the section's filter; in a feed reader, mute the political words and keep the business ones.
Decide what you're willing to miss. Remove all politics and you also miss policy changes that affect your work or your taxes. Keep one narrow exception: an Avos news alert emails you only when a new story meets a condition you wrote, such as "a new law changes how freelancers in Spain are taxed". Alerts are checked on a schedule set by your plan.
When is another option the better choice?
- You mind spin, not politics. A neutral daily brief such as 1440 covers everything without the opinion pieces.
- You want it free, in the app you already open. Google News and Apple News settings take minutes.
- You read item by item. Feedly or Inoreader, fed only non-political sources, with mute filters as a backstop.
- You want the fewest leaks. A one-subject newsletter or a feed list with no political sources lets the least through. An Avos filter is a judgment made story by story, and judgments can be wrong.
FAQ
Is there a news app with no politics at all?
None can promise it, because so many stories mix politics with business, technology or health. One-subject newsletters and a reader that follows only non-political feeds come closest. Google News and Apple News let you reduce or block political topics, but their top headlines are the same for everyone.
Can I filter politics out of the news for free?
Yes. Google News and Apple News controls cost nothing, and so do one-subject newsletters such as TLDR. Feedly's mute filters and Inoreader's filters are on paid plans. Avos has a free Starter plan, and section filters work on every plan.
How does Avos decide what counts as politics?
It checks each story against your filter, so the definition is yours. "Leave out politics" is a judgment call; "leave out elections, parties, polls and politicians' statements; keep the business effects of new rules" is a rule. If something gets through, tell the AI editor and it rewrites the filter.
Will I miss important news if I filter out politics?
You might; that's the trade-off. Keep a narrow exception for the changes that affect you, such as a news alert about one law or one regulator, so you hear about them without the daily coverage.