Initial project setup

backend/news_fetcher.py

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+# backend/news_fetcher.py
+from datetime import datetime
+import feedparser
+
+def fetch_news(rss_url):
+    feed = feedparser.parse(rss_url)
+    articles = []
+    for entry in feed.entries:
+        try:
+            # Try parsing with timezone first
+            pub_date = datetime.strptime(entry.published, "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z")
+        except ValueError:
+            try:
+                # Fallback to GMT format without timezone
+                pub_date = datetime.strptime(entry.published, "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z")
+            except ValueError:
+                # Final fallback - use current time if parsing fails
+                pub_date = datetime.now()
+        
+        articles.append({
+            "title": entry.title,
+            "content": entry.description,
+            "published": pub_date,
+            "source": rss_url
+        })
+    return articles