How to prevent Microsoft Start page from coming up when I click on a news article in the New Tab page?

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Starting today (1/4/2022), whenever I click on a news article in the New Tab page, the Microsoft Start page is displayed instead. How do I stop that from happening?

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Anonymous

2022-01-04T15:47:53+00:00

I'm having the same problem, but, fwiw, it is working on my Galaxy S10 Android phone. So it may have something specifically to do with the version of Edge. (I'm running Edge on Windows 11)
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Anonymous

2022-01-04T15:59:20+00:00

I think you're right. Like everyone else it started today. I am also running Windows 11. I don't think it actually has anything to do with Edge but some settings/redirect or something else Microsoft has slipped into Edge for Windows 11. As I said if I want the feeds on MSN I would open my Widgets window (which I never do).
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Anonymous

2022-01-04T16:03:57+00:00

I just noticed it doesn't do it if you click on a Microsoft ad. Interesting.
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Ruwim.B 6,900 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2022-01-04T16:08:59+00:00

This has nothing to do with Windows 11. Exactly the same happens with the latest MS Edge Dev version on a Windows 7 computer.
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Anonymous

2022-01-04T16:09:54+00:00

The reported fix did not work for me. Microsoft needs to fix this ASAP.

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