FundedNext allows traders to trade during news events in both the Challenge Phase and FundedNext Account of Evaluation Challenge, Stellar Challenge, and Stellar Lite Challenge.
However, in the Express Challenge (both on your Challenge phase and FundedNext account), you are restricted from opening and closing any trade 5 minutes before and after the news. This includes both Market Execution and opening/closing Pending Orders (including take profit and stop loss).
To know more about Express News trading rules, kindly click here.