diff --git a/Jarvis/Views/Home/SignalFeedView.swift b/Jarvis/Views/Home/SignalFeedView.swift
index 61c27a3..9438f62 100644
--- a/Jarvis/Views/Home/SignalFeedView.swift
+++ b/Jarvis/Views/Home/SignalFeedView.swift
@@ -292,7 +292,10 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
     @ViewBuilder private var digestContent: some View {
         let d = digest
         sectionHeader("TOP STORIES", pill: nil)
-        ForEach(d.top) { mainRow($0) }
+        if let lead = d.top.first {
+            mainRow(lead, hero: true)
+            ForEach(d.top.dropFirst()) { mainRow($0) }
+        }
         ForEach(d.sections, id: \.0.id) { section, stories in
             sectionHeader(section.label.uppercased(), pill: section.pill)
             ForEach(stories) { mainRow($0) }
@@ -323,11 +326,17 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
     }
 
     @ViewBuilder
-    private func mainRow(_ story: StorySummary) -> some View {
+    private func mainRow(_ story: StorySummary, hero: Bool = false) -> some View {
         NavigationLink(value: story) {
-            StoryRowView(story: story, isCached: cachedStoryIds.contains(story.id))
+            if hero {
+                heroCard(story)
+            } else {
+                StoryRowView(story: story, isCached: cachedStoryIds.contains(story.id))
+            }
         }
-        .plainBlackRow()
+        .listRowInsets(hero ? EdgeInsets(top: 2, leading: 16, bottom: 12, trailing: 16) : EdgeInsets())
+        .listRowBackground(Color.black)
+        .listRowSeparator(.hidden)
         .onAppear {
             markSeen(story)
             if story.id == mainStories.last?.id { Task { await store.loadMore() } }
@@ -353,6 +362,47 @@ struct SignalFeedView: View {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Apple-News-style lead card for the #1 Top Story — flat surface, big type.
+    private func heroCard(_ story: StorySummary) -> some View {
+        HStack(alignment: .top, spacing: 0) {
+            SignalStripe(score: story.signalScore, width: 4)
+            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 11) {
+                HStack(alignment: .firstTextBaseline) {
+                    Text(Topic.label(story.topic).uppercased())
+                        .font(.system(size: 10, weight: .bold, design: .monospaced)).kerning(0.8)
+                        .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "8A8A8A"))
+                    Spacer()
+                    Text("\(story.signalScore)")
+                        .font(.system(size: 21, weight: .heavy, design: .monospaced))
+                        .foregroundStyle(Signal.scoreColor(story.signalScore))
+                }
+                Text(story.headline)
+                    .font(.system(size: 24, weight: .heavy))
+                    .foregroundStyle(.white)
+                    .lineLimit(4)
+                    .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
+                if !story.summary.isEmpty {
+                    Text(story.summary)
+                        .font(.system(size: 14))
+                        .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "9A9A9A"))
+                        .lineLimit(3).lineSpacing(2)
+                        .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
+                }
+                if !story.sources.isEmpty {
+                    SourceChips(names: story.sources.map(\.name), total: story.sourceCount)
+                }
+                Text("\(story.sourceCount) sources · \(story.updatedAt.timeAgoShort()) ago")
+                    .font(.system(size: 11, weight: .regular, design: .monospaced))
+                    .foregroundStyle(Color(hex: "666666"))
+            }
+            .padding(16)
+            Spacer(minLength: 0)
+        }
+        .background(Palette.surface)
+        .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 16))
+        .overlay(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 16).stroke(Palette.surface2, lineWidth: 0.5))
+    }
+
     private var caughtUpRow: some View {
         VStack(spacing: 10) {
             Image(systemName: "checkmark.circle")
diff --git a/Jarvis/Views/Shared/Theme.swift b/Jarvis/Views/Shared/Theme.swift
index 3424edc..100bf78 100644
--- a/Jarvis/Views/Shared/Theme.swift
+++ b/Jarvis/Views/Shared/Theme.swift
@@ -106,11 +106,15 @@ enum Signal {
 enum Topic {
     static func label(_ slug: String) -> String {
         switch slug.lowercased() {
-        case "finance":  return "Finance"
-        case "tech":     return "Tech"
-        case "politics": return "Politics"
-        case "africa":   return "Africa"
-        default:         return slug.prefix(1).uppercased() + slug.dropFirst()
+        case "ai", "artificial-intelligence": return "AI"
+        case "us", "united-states":           return "US"
+        case "formula-1":                     return "Formula 1"
+        case "ui-ux", "web-design-and-ui-ux": return "Web Design"
+        default:
+            // Slug → Title Case, e.g. "cloud-computing" → "Cloud Computing".
+            return slug.split(separator: "-")
+                .map { $0.prefix(1).uppercased() + $0.dropFirst() }
+                .joined(separator: " ")
         }
     }