diff --git a/packages/app/src/composables/useContentPanel.ts b/packages/app/src/composables/useContentPanel.ts
index 47eeb79a..42dd3c06 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/composables/useContentPanel.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/composables/useContentPanel.ts
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ export function useContentPanel() {
 
     // News = actual articles (web search + RSS from website domains)
     const newsContext = isNewsQuery(userQuery) || isNewsLikeResponse(text)
-    const hasNews = (webResults.length > 0 || mergedWebsites.length > 0) && newsContext
-    const mergedNews = hasNews ? mergeNewsResults(webResults, panelRssArticles.value) : []
+    // Show news tab eagerly when query is news-like — results may arrive async
+    const hasNews = newsContext && (webResults.length > 0 || mergedWebsites.length > 0 || isNewsQuery(userQuery))
+    const mergedNews = mergeNewsResults(webResults, panelRssArticles.value)
 
     if (mergedWebsites.length > 0 && newsContext) {
       const urls = mergedWebsites.map((w) => w.url)
@@ -132,7 +133,13 @@ export function useContentPanel() {
         const combined = mergeNewsResults(panelWebResults.value, articles)
         panelWebResults.value = combined
         if (!availableTabs.value.includes('news')) {
-          availableTabs.value = ['news', ...availableTabs.value]
+          // Insert before 'prompt' (which is always last)
+          const promptIdx = availableTabs.value.indexOf('prompt')
+          if (promptIdx >= 0) {
+            availableTabs.value = [...availableTabs.value.slice(0, promptIdx), 'news', ...availableTabs.value.slice(promptIdx)]
+          } else {
+            availableTabs.value = ['news', ...availableTabs.value]
+          }
           activeTab.value = 'news'
         }
         const ctx = extractQueryContext(panelQuery.value)