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United States Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from United States with our JSON API.

Get API key for the United States Nation News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from United States.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=us&category=nation&apikey=API_KEY
                            {
    "totalArticles": 4358614,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "aaa97b592a39d19a0dbff99a8361a8fb",
            "title": "Justice Department plans to reach out to Ghislaine Maxwell for a meeting",
            "description": "The Department of Justice said it plans to reach out to Ghislaine Maxwell for a meeting amid recent calls for Jeffrey Epstein’s associate to testify about the accused sex trafficker.",
            "content": "CNN —\nThe Department of Justice said it plans to reach out to Ghislaine Maxwell for a meeting amid recent calls for the associate of Jeffrey Epstein to testify about the accused sex trafficker.\n“Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Depart... [1529 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/22/politics/doj-ghislaine-maxwell-epstein",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-590696434-20250722121816341.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2025-07-22T12:41:00Z",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f3e9eb871b917e60750952915d230b9c",
            "title": "Investigation underway after Vietnamese national in ICE custody died in the hospital",
            "description": "An investigation is underway after a Vietnamese national died in the hospital on Saturday while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to an email seen by NBC News",
            "content": "An investigation is underway after a Vietnamese national died in the hospital on Saturday while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to an email seen by NBC News.\nTien Xuan Phan, 55, had been in custody at the ICE Processing Cent... [1820 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigation-underway-vietnamese-national-ice-custody-died-hospital-rcna220180",
            "image": "https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2025-07/250722-otto-kaiser-rs-7fb740.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-07-22T11:36:38Z",
            "source": {
                "id": "3bab6463853c054dc51d2427c1a5b69e",
                "name": "NBC News",
                "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e4e204fb50c1ac094c9cacc98852a954",
            "title": "What to expect at sentencing for Idaho college killer Bryan Kohberger",
            "description": "Families of the University of Idaho murder victims will have the chance to speak directly to their children's admitted killer, Bryan Kohberger, at his sentencing hearing.",
            "content": "Bryan Kohberger, the admitted killer in the University of Idaho quadruple murders, will be face-to-face with the victims' families on Wednesday at his high-profile sentencing hearing, with President Donald Trump even weighing in on how it should unfo... [5621 chars]",
            "url": "https://abcnews.go.com/US/expect-sentencing-idaho-college-killer-bryan-kohberger/story?id=123862642",
            "image": "https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/a0493af3-c54a-4407-98b6-ec6835c1502e/bryan-kohberger-ap-jef-250718_1752851244999_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=1600",
            "publishedAt": "2025-07-22T10:32:07Z",
            "source": {
                "id": "5ca536331c246cd7f693cdb2cceaff8c",
                "name": "ABC News",
                "url": "https://abcnews.go.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}                        

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