A: Do you read newspapers every day?

B: Since I don’t have time at work to read news articles in full, I usually just read a daily news recap to get the drift of what’s going on in the world.

Note: “To get the drift” or “to catch the drift” means “to understand the general meaning of some situation or piece of information.” “Drift” implies there is a chain of thoughts or an inside meaning that is not clearly defined. The noun has been used for “purport” since the early 1500s. Shakespeare used “my drift” in a few of his plays. If you think the listener may be confused or not follow your main idea, you may ask “Can you get my drift?”