diff --git a/src/commands/CmdNews.cpp b/src/commands/CmdNews.cpp
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+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Copyright 2006 - 2021, Tomas Babej, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+// THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+//
+// https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include <cmake.h>
+#include <CmdNews.h>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <csignal>
+#include <Table.h>
+#include <Context.h>
+#include <shared.h>
+#include <format.h>
+#include <util.h>
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+CmdNews::CmdNews ()
+{
+  _keyword               = "news";
+  _usage                 = "task          news";
+  _description           = "Displays news about the recent releases";
+  _read_only             = true;
+  _displays_id           = false;
+  _needs_gc              = false;
+  _uses_context          = false;
+  _accepts_filter        = false;
+  _accepts_modifications = false;
+  _accepts_miscellaneous = true;
+  _category              = Command::Category::misc;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+static void signal_handler (int s)
+{
+  if (s == SIGINT)
+  {
+    std::cout << "\n\nCome back and read about new features later!\n";
+    exit (1);
+  }
+}
+
+void wait_for_keypress ()
+{
+  signal (SIGINT, signal_handler);
+
+  std::string dummy;
+  std::getline (std::cin, dummy);
+
+  signal (SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+int CmdNews::execute (std::string& output)
+{
+  auto words = Context::getContext ().cli2.getWords ();
+
+  std::cout << "Taskwarrior 2.6.0 Release Notes" << std::endl;
+
+  wait_for_keypress ();
+
+  output = "Thank you for catching up on new features!\n";
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdNews.h b/src/commands/CmdNews.h
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+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Copyright 2006 - 2021, Tomas Babej, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+// THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+//
+// https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CMDNEWS
+#define INCLUDED_CMDNEWS
+
+#include <string>
+#include <Command.h>
+
+class CmdNews : public Command
+{
+public:
+  CmdNews ();
+  int execute (std::string&);
+};
+
+#endif
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////