diff --git a/app/Article.php b/app/Article.php
index 20f99f8..c811c9d 100644
--- a/app/Article.php
+++ b/app/Article.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App;
 
+use App\Models\Category;
 use GoldSpecDigital\LaravelEloquentUUID\Database\Eloquent\Uuid;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use App\Source;
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class Article extends Model
      */
     protected $guarded = [];
 
-     /**
+    /**
      * The attributes that should be mutated to dates.
      *
      * @var array
@@ -61,4 +62,15 @@ class Article extends Model
     {
         return $this->belongsToMany(Topic::class)->withTimestamps();
     }
+
+    public function category()
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo(Category::class);
+    }
+
+    public function ScopeRecentArticles()
+    {
+        return $this->with('source', 'topics')
+                    ->latest("published_date");
+    }
 }