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United States Nation News API

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

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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": 432720,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4c78dbf232bf091744497fc368156eaf",
            "title": "Trump pardon of former Puerto Rico governor failed to include a relevant criminal case",
            "description": "Trump’s pardon of former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced did not include all of the criminal cases she's faced, and the White House is planning to make a fix out of an abundance of caution.",
            "content": "WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pardon of former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced did not include all of the criminal cases she’s faced, and the White House is planning to make a fix out of an abundance of caution, an official said Sunday.... [3639 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-pardon-former-puerto-rico-governor-relevant-docket-vazquez-rcna254677",
            "image": "https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2026-01/260118-Wanda-Vazquez-Garced-ch-1139-13342f.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T18:20:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3bab6463853c054dc51d2427c1a5b69e",
                "name": "NBC News",
                "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "193ab3fa641da80c2741c02965a92b63",
            "title": "SNL skewers the Trump cabinet over Venezuela and ICE",
            "description": "On “Saturday Night Live,” James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump boasted of pulling “a reverse Santa” on Nicolás Maduro. Finn Wolfhard and A$AP Rocky debuted as guests.",
            "content": "For this season of “Saturday Night Live,” James Austin Johnson has dominated the cold open segments, more often than not kicking off the show with a dose of his President Donald Trump impression.\nThe first SNL episode of 2026, hosted by “Stranger Thi... [345 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/01/18/snl-wolfhard-asap-rocky-trump/",
            "image": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/XJ2JNRQFIKEJBFPCITHKP3WOFE.jpg&w=1440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T17:46:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa250375ed4d1652ad2c07377b69f537",
                "name": "The Washington Post",
                "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "78e486ba50ed32542e3d9c9809c4597d",
            "title": "Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says federal agents are an \"occupying force\"",
            "description": "Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey criticized the administration's immigration operations, calling the surge of federal agents an \"occupying force that has quite literally invaded our city.\"",
            "content": "Washington — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey criticized the administration's immigration operations in Minnesota's largest city on Sunday, calling the surge of federal agents an \"occupying force that has quite literally invaded our city.\"\n\"You can go th... [3767 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jacob-frey-minneapolis-mayor-face-the-nation-federal-agents/",
            "image": "https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/01/18/ad6a14bb-1c5a-420b-a558-e0792fb71219/thumbnail/1200x630/ad9c8a94f7a295477602ad5c8c590f82/frey1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-18T17:24:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
                "name": "CBS News",
                "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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