I went to Microsoft.com and searched on “ad-tracking”. I found part of their website that explained how to initiate “Tracking Protection” and I went to the link. I downloaded several recommended “add-ons” and when I now look at “Manage Add-ons” the “Tracking Protection” part of the list comes up.
Immediately, Drudgereport went from a near 1 minute load to next to zero. I’m convinced...
Ah, well...
The new Edge browser does not have the functionality of allowing you to add a tracking protection list as in IE 11.