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United States News API

Get the live top 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 6763484,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Health care has been a job market bright spot, but Trump's budget bill looms over the industry",
            "description": "Proposed cuts to health insurance programs in the budget bill being pushed through Congress by President Donald Trump could put hundreds of thousands of health care jobs at risk — jeopardizing one of the few notably strong areas of the U.S. job market.",
            "content": "Proposed cuts to health insurance programs in the budget bill being pushed through Congress by President Donald Trump could put hundreds of thousands of health care jobs at risk — jeopardizing one of the few notably strong areas of the U.S. job marke... [5239 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/health-care-job-market-bright-spot-trumps-budget-bill-looms-industry-rcna214078",
            "image": "https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2025-06/250620-healthcare-workers-ch-1002-1ee052.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-06-21T09:00:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "NBC News",
                "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Karen Read faces a civil lawsuit after being acquitted of murder. What’s next",
            "description": "Karen Read left the Norfolk County Superior Court a free woman, but the former financial analyst who has spent more than three years as a murder suspect still faces a civil lawsuit over John O’Keefe’s death.",
            "content": "Crime See all topics Follow\nKaren Read descended the steps of the Norfolk County Superior Court on Wednesday a free woman, acquitted of murder.\nMet by a sea of supporters, cheering and firing pink confetti cannons, there were tears and “I love you” g... [9708 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/21/us/karen-read-civil-suit",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/20-021-043-ap25169715672326.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2025-06-21T08:00:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "‘She never sleeps’: This platform wants to be OnlyFans for the AI era",
            "description": "OhChat is an eight-month-old startup using artificial intelligence to build lifelike digital doubles of public figures, coming amid growing concerns around AI’s role in intimacy and labor.",
            "content": "CNN —\nShe doesn’t eat, sleep or breathe. But she remembers you, desires you and never logs off.\nHer name is Jordan – the AI-powered “digital twin” of former British glamor model Katie Price – and people can pay her to act out their “uncensored dreams... [7984 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/21/tech/ohchat-onlyfans-for-the-ai-era-katie-price",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-723499991.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2025-06-21T08:00:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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