diff --git a/js/client-mainmenu.js b/js/client-mainmenu.js
index a18570177..47cadf3e0 100644
--- a/js/client-mainmenu.js
+++ b/js/client-mainmenu.js
@@ -124,14 +124,34 @@
 		// news
 
 		addNews: function () {
-			var newsId = '1990';
-			if (newsId === '' + Dex.prefs('readnews')) return;
-			this.addPseudoPM({
-				title: 'Latest News',
-				html: '<iframe src="/news-embed.php?news' + (window.nodewebkit || document.location.protocol === 'https:' ? '&amp;https' : '') + '" width="270" height="400" border="0" style="border:0;width:100%;height:100%;display:block"></iframe>',
-				attributes: 'data-newsid="' + newsId + '"',
-				cssClass: 'news-embed',
-				height: 400
+			var self = this;
+			$.ajax({
+				url: "https://pokemonshowdown.com/news.json",
+				dataType: "json",
+				success: function (data) {
+					var html = '';
+					for (var i in [0, 1]) {
+						var post = data[i];
+						var hasRead = data[i].id && Dex.prefs('readnews') === '' + data[i].id;
+
+						html += '<div class="newsentry' + (hasRead ? '' : ' unread') + '">';
+						if (post.title) html += '<h4>' + post.title + '</h4>';
+						if (post.summaryHTML) html += '<p>' + post.summaryHTML + '</p>';
+						html += '<p>';
+						if (post.author) html += '—<strong>' + post.author + '</strong>';
+						if (post.date) {
+							html += '<small class="date"> on ' + new Date(post.date * 1000).toDateString() + '</small>';
+						}
+						html += '</p></div>';
+					}
+					self.addPseudoPM({
+						title: 'Latest News',
+						html: html,
+						attributes: 'data-newsid="' + (data[0].id ? data[0].id : '1990') + '"',
+						cssClass: 'news-embed',
+						maxHeight: 'none'
+					});
+				}
 			});
 		},