There are fluctuations, such as a swing towards current affairs stories during turbulent times, but the basic mix has been stable for years and the baseline isn't likely to change. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 for how far back this question goes...
Not that it helps, necessarily, but the people who have the opposite preference to yours are complaining loudly about how much they feel the current affairs stories are being suppressed on HN.
Re tags: I've always resisted the idea of adding it to the core HN site, but I do think we can do more to support alternate front-ends to HN. With any luck, we can publish the next version of the API this year, which should make that a lot easier.
Least favorite anecdote: Reddit. After an introduction, a friend said, “Why are you on the front page like a new person?” I am auto-subscribed to the front page content channels when I want to be in my subscriptions. However, I miss relevant content because others overwhelm the front pages.
I appreciate your response and the work you continue on the front ends. I obtain political news content from other sources, so my cumulative content feed contains a significant amount of duplicate content.
Our focus is shifting towards the news aspect rather than the hacking aspect, which is the primary reason for my presence here.