I too want to be informed but have been very disappointed with the sensationalism of news sites. One solution I found is this service that texts one sentence,

I too want to be informed but have been very disappointed with the sensationalism of news sites. One solution I found is this service that texts one sentence, fact based summaries of 8-10 current events every morning [1]. An alternative free solution is the Wikipedia current events portal [2]. [1] https://thenewpaper.co/ https://thenewpaper.co/ [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events