diff --git a/lib/account/bloc/account_bloc.dart b/lib/account/bloc/account_bloc.dart
index fce99f9..ec0ec35 100644
--- a/lib/account/bloc/account_bloc.dart
+++ b/lib/account/bloc/account_bloc.dart
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class AccountBloc extends Bloc<AccountEvent, AccountState> {
       emit(
         state.copyWith(
           status: AccountStatus.success,
-          preferences: preferences,
+          preferences: _sortPreferences(preferences),
           clearError: true,
         ),
       );
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class AccountBloc extends Bloc<AccountEvent, AccountState> {
           emit(
             state.copyWith(
               status: AccountStatus.success,
-              preferences: migratedPreferences,
+              preferences: _sortPreferences(migratedPreferences),
               clearError: true,
             ),
           );
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class AccountBloc extends Bloc<AccountEvent, AccountState> {
         );
         emit(
           state.copyWith(
-            preferences: defaultPreferences,
+            preferences: _sortPreferences(defaultPreferences),
             clearError: true,
             status: AccountStatus.success,
           ),
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class AccountBloc extends Bloc<AccountEvent, AccountState> {
         emit(
           state.copyWith(
             status: AccountStatus.success,
-            preferences: existingPreferences,
+            preferences: _sortPreferences(existingPreferences),
             clearError: true,
           ),
         );
@@ -216,15 +216,16 @@ class AccountBloc extends Bloc<AccountEvent, AccountState> {
     );
 
     try {
+      final sortedPrefs = _sortPreferences(updatedPrefs);
       await _userContentPreferencesRepository.update(
         id: state.user!.id,
-        item: updatedPrefs,
+        item: sortedPrefs,
         userId: state.user!.id,
       );
       emit(
         state.copyWith(
           status: AccountStatus.success,
-          preferences: updatedPrefs,
+          preferences: sortedPrefs,
           clearError: true,
         ),
       );
@@ -273,15 +274,16 @@ class AccountBloc extends Bloc<AccountEvent, AccountState> {
     );
 
     try {
+      final sortedPrefs = _sortPreferences(updatedPrefs);
       await _userContentPreferencesRepository.update(
         id: state.user!.id,
-        item: updatedPrefs,
+        item: sortedPrefs,
         userId: state.user!.id,
       );
       emit(
         state.copyWith(
           status: AccountStatus.success,
-          preferences: updatedPrefs,
+          preferences: sortedPrefs,
           clearError: true,
         ),
       );
@@ -331,15 +333,16 @@ class AccountBloc extends Bloc<AccountEvent, AccountState> {
     );
 
     try {
+      final sortedPrefs = _sortPreferences(updatedPrefs);
       await _userContentPreferencesRepository.update(
         id: state.user!.id,
-        item: updatedPrefs,
+        item: sortedPrefs,
         userId: state.user!.id,
       );
       emit(
         state.copyWith(
           status: AccountStatus.success,
-          preferences: updatedPrefs,
+          preferences: sortedPrefs,
           clearError: true,
         ),
       );
@@ -413,6 +416,32 @@ class AccountBloc extends Bloc<AccountEvent, AccountState> {
     }
   }
 
+  /// Sorts the lists within UserContentPreferences locally.
+  ///
+  /// This client-side sorting is necessary due to a backend limitation that
+  /// does not support sorting for saved or followed content lists. This
+  /// approach remains efficient as these lists are fetched all at once and
+  /// are kept small by user account-type limits.
+  UserContentPreferences _sortPreferences(UserContentPreferences preferences) {
+    // Sort saved headlines by updatedAt descending (newest first)
+    final sortedHeadlines = List<Headline>.from(preferences.savedHeadlines)
+      ..sort((a, b) => b.updatedAt.compareTo(a.updatedAt));
+
+    // Sort followed topics by name ascending
+    final sortedTopics = List<Topic>.from(preferences.followedTopics)
+      ..sort((a, b) => a.name.compareTo(b.name));
+
+    // Sort followed sources by name ascending
+    final sortedSources = List<Source>.from(preferences.followedSources)
+      ..sort((a, b) => a.name.compareTo(b.name));
+
+    return preferences.copyWith(
+      savedHeadlines: sortedHeadlines,
+      followedTopics: sortedTopics,
+      followedSources: sortedSources,
+    );
+  }
+
   @override
   Future<void> close() {
     _userSubscription.cancel();
diff --git a/lib/account/bloc/available_sources_bloc.dart b/lib/account/bloc/available_sources_bloc.dart
index ed9666b..1f0713a 100644
--- a/lib/account/bloc/available_sources_bloc.dart
+++ b/lib/account/bloc/available_sources_bloc.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:bloc/bloc.dart';
-import 'package:core/core.dart' show HttpException, Source;
+import 'package:core/core.dart';
 import 'package:data_repository/data_repository.dart';
 import 'package:equatable/equatable.dart';
 
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ class AvailableSourcesBloc
     emit(state.copyWith(status: AvailableSourcesStatus.loading));
     try {
       // Assuming readAll without parameters fetches all items.
-      // Add pagination if necessary for very large datasets.
+      // TODO(fulleni): Add pagination if necessary for very large datasets.
       final response = await _sourcesRepository.readAll(
-        // limit: _sourcesLimit,
+        sort: [const SortOption('name')],
       );
       emit(
         state.copyWith(
diff --git a/lib/account/bloc/available_topics_bloc.dart b/lib/account/bloc/available_topics_bloc.dart
index d84b756..c39f01c 100644
--- a/lib/account/bloc/available_topics_bloc.dart
+++ b/lib/account/bloc/available_topics_bloc.dart
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ class AvailableTopicsBloc
     }
     emit(state.copyWith(status: AvailableTopicsStatus.loading));
     try {
-      final response = await _topicsRepository.readAll();
+      // TODO(fulleni): Add pagination if necessary for very large datasets.
+      final response = await _topicsRepository.readAll(
+        sort: [const SortOption('name')],
+      );
       emit(
         state.copyWith(
           status: AvailableTopicsStatus.success,
diff --git a/lib/entity_details/bloc/entity_details_bloc.dart b/lib/entity_details/bloc/entity_details_bloc.dart
index 4efb756..b7b6147 100644
--- a/lib/entity_details/bloc/entity_details_bloc.dart
+++ b/lib/entity_details/bloc/entity_details_bloc.dart
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ class EntityDetailsBloc extends Bloc<EntityDetailsEvent, EntityDetailsState> {
       final headlineResponse = await _headlinesRepository.readAll(
         filter: filter,
         pagination: const PaginationOptions(limit: _headlinesLimit),
+        sort: [const SortOption('updatedAt', SortOrder.desc)],
       );
 
       final currentUser = _appBloc.state.user;
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ class EntityDetailsBloc extends Bloc<EntityDetailsEvent, EntityDetailsState> {
           limit: _headlinesLimit,
           cursor: state.headlinesCursor,
         ),
+        sort: [const SortOption('updatedAt', SortOrder.desc)],
       );
 
       final currentUser = _appBloc.state.user;
diff --git a/lib/headline-details/bloc/similar_headlines_bloc.dart b/lib/headline-details/bloc/similar_headlines_bloc.dart
index bd785f7..83126c3 100644
--- a/lib/headline-details/bloc/similar_headlines_bloc.dart
+++ b/lib/headline-details/bloc/similar_headlines_bloc.dart
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:bloc/bloc.dart';
-import 'package:core/core.dart' show Headline, HttpException, PaginationOptions;
+import 'package:core/core.dart'
+    show Headline, HttpException, PaginationOptions, SortOption, SortOrder;
 import 'package:data_repository/data_repository.dart';
 import 'package:equatable/equatable.dart';
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ class SimilarHeadlinesBloc
 
       final response = await _headlinesRepository.readAll(
         filter: filter,
+        sort: [const SortOption('updatedAt', SortOrder.desc)],
         pagination: const PaginationOptions(
           limit:
               _similarHeadlinesLimit +
diff --git a/lib/headlines-feed/bloc/countries_filter_bloc.dart b/lib/headlines-feed/bloc/countries_filter_bloc.dart
index 0e2a101..1b554de 100644
--- a/lib/headlines-feed/bloc/countries_filter_bloc.dart
+++ b/lib/headlines-feed/bloc/countries_filter_bloc.dart
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class CountriesFilterBloc
     try {
       final response = await _countriesRepository.readAll(
         pagination: const PaginationOptions(limit: _countriesLimit),
+        sort: [const SortOption('name', SortOrder.desc)],
       );
       emit(
         state.copyWith(
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ class CountriesFilterBloc
           limit: _countriesLimit,
           cursor: state.cursor,
         ),
+        sort: [const SortOption('updatedAt', SortOrder.desc)],
       );
       emit(
         state.copyWith(
diff --git a/lib/headlines-feed/bloc/headlines_feed_bloc.dart b/lib/headlines-feed/bloc/headlines_feed_bloc.dart
index 900e2bf..bc76930 100644
--- a/lib/headlines-feed/bloc/headlines_feed_bloc.dart
+++ b/lib/headlines-feed/bloc/headlines_feed_bloc.dart
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ class HeadlinesFeedBloc extends Bloc<HeadlinesFeedEvent, HeadlinesFeedState> {
           limit: _headlinesFetchLimit,
           cursor: state.cursor,
         ),
+        sort: [const SortOption('updatedAt', SortOrder.desc)],
       );
 
       final newProcessedFeedItems = _feedInjectorService.injectItems(
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ class HeadlinesFeedBloc extends Bloc<HeadlinesFeedEvent, HeadlinesFeedState> {
       final headlineResponse = await _headlinesRepository.readAll(
         filter: _buildFilter(state.filter),
         pagination: const PaginationOptions(limit: _headlinesFetchLimit),
+        sort: [const SortOption('updatedAt', SortOrder.desc)],
       );
 
       final processedFeedItems = _feedInjectorService.injectItems(
@@ -209,6 +211,7 @@ class HeadlinesFeedBloc extends Bloc<HeadlinesFeedEvent, HeadlinesFeedState> {
       final headlineResponse = await _headlinesRepository.readAll(
         filter: _buildFilter(event.filter),
         pagination: const PaginationOptions(limit: _headlinesFetchLimit),
+        sort: [const SortOption('updatedAt', SortOrder.desc)],
       );
 
       final processedFeedItems = _feedInjectorService.injectItems(
@@ -269,6 +272,7 @@ class HeadlinesFeedBloc extends Bloc<HeadlinesFeedEvent, HeadlinesFeedState> {
 
       final headlineResponse = await _headlinesRepository.readAll(
         pagination: const PaginationOptions(limit: _headlinesFetchLimit),
+        sort: [const SortOption('updatedAt', SortOrder.desc)],
       );
 
       final processedFeedItems = _feedInjectorService.injectItems(
diff --git a/lib/headlines-feed/bloc/topics_filter_bloc.dart b/lib/headlines-feed/bloc/topics_filter_bloc.dart
index 9f3fbd3..1f30b4c 100644
--- a/lib/headlines-feed/bloc/topics_filter_bloc.dart
+++ b/lib/headlines-feed/bloc/topics_filter_bloc.dart
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class TopicsFilterBloc extends Bloc<TopicsFilterEvent, TopicsFilterState> {
     try {
       final response = await _topicsRepository.readAll(
         pagination: const PaginationOptions(limit: _topicsLimit),
+        sort: [const SortOption('name', SortOrder.desc)],
       );
       emit(
         state.copyWith(
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ class TopicsFilterBloc extends Bloc<TopicsFilterEvent, TopicsFilterState> {
           limit: _topicsLimit,
           cursor: state.cursor,
         ),
+        sort: [const SortOption('name', SortOrder.desc)],
       );
       emit(
         state.copyWith(
diff --git a/lib/headlines-search/bloc/headlines_search_bloc.dart b/lib/headlines-search/bloc/headlines_search_bloc.dart
index bc68748..ee269a9 100644
--- a/lib/headlines-search/bloc/headlines_search_bloc.dart
+++ b/lib/headlines-search/bloc/headlines_search_bloc.dart
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ class HeadlinesSearchBloc
                   limit: _limit,
                   cursor: successState.cursor,
                 ),
+                sort: [const SortOption('updatedAt', SortOrder.desc)],
               );
               // Cast to List<Headline> for the injector
               final headlines = response.items.cast<Headline>();
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ class HeadlinesSearchBloc
                   limit: _limit,
                   cursor: successState.cursor,
                 ),
+                sort: [const SortOption('name', SortOrder.asc)],
               );
               emit(
                 successState.copyWith(
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ class HeadlinesSearchBloc
                   limit: _limit,
                   cursor: successState.cursor,
                 ),
+                sort: [const SortOption('name', SortOrder.asc)],
               );
               emit(
                 successState.copyWith(
@@ -202,6 +205,7 @@ class HeadlinesSearchBloc
           rawResponse = await _headlinesRepository.readAll(
             filter: {'q': searchTerm},
             pagination: const PaginationOptions(limit: _limit),
+            sort: [const SortOption('updatedAt', SortOrder.desc)],
           );
           final headlines = rawResponse.items.cast<Headline>();
           final currentUser = _appBloc.state.user;
@@ -226,12 +230,14 @@ class HeadlinesSearchBloc
           rawResponse = await _topicRepository.readAll(
             filter: {'q': searchTerm},
             pagination: const PaginationOptions(limit: _limit),
+            sort: [const SortOption('name', SortOrder.asc)],
           );
           processedItems = rawResponse.items.cast<FeedItem>();
         case ContentType.source:
           rawResponse = await _sourceRepository.readAll(
             filter: {'q': searchTerm},
             pagination: const PaginationOptions(limit: _limit),
+            sort: [const SortOption('name', SortOrder.asc)],
           );
           processedItems = rawResponse.items.cast<FeedItem>();
         default:
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index 3c5641e..9e1b3c1 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import 'package:flutter_news_app_mobile_client_full_source_code/app/services/spl
 import 'package:flutter_news_app_mobile_client_full_source_code/bootstrap.dart';
 
 // Define the current application environment (production/development/demo).
-const appEnvironment = AppEnvironment.demo;
+const appEnvironment = AppEnvironment.development;
 
 void main() async {
   final appConfig = switch (appEnvironment) {