[ovatsug25]

You actually can't turn off notifications for it.

I've done it—and on a day when you get something like the Mueller report or the Notre Dame fire—my phone will buzz. :/

[skinnymuch]

Yes you can. I have never gotten any notifications. You may have not done it properly. I’ve never opened the news app. I just have had notifications off in settings.

[zimpenfish]

#anecdata: I have notifications turned off for News and I've never had a single one.