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United States News API
Get the live top headlines from United States with our JSON API.
Get API key for the United States News APIAPI 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": 408752,
"articles": [
{
"id": "5a283f13d18edf03ed185c138b1fe9b0",
"title": "Kim Jong-un Hints at Improving U.S. Relations - With Caveats",
"description": " The North Korean leader said that his country can get along well with the United States as long as Washington accepts it as a nuclear weapons state.",
"content": "North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said he could improve ties with the United States if Washington recognized his country as a nuclear weapons state, state media reported on Thursday, as Pyongyang concluded its biggest political event in five years.\n... [1913 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/world/asia/kim-nkorea-nuclear-us.html",
"image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/02/26/multimedia/26int-nkorea-pwvz/26int-nkorea-pwvz-facebookJumbo.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-26T05:40:42Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
"name": "The New York Times",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
}
},
{
"id": "11dd6274da1acc8b2a391b7cb940dac6",
"title": "Hong Kong court jails father of US-based democracy activist under national security law",
"description": "A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced the father of a wanted pro-democracy activist to eight months in prison under the city’s national security law after he attempted to terminate her insurance policy and withdraw the funds.",
"content": "A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced the father of a wanted pro-democracy activist to eight months in prison under the city’s national security law after he attempted to terminate her insurance policy and withdraw the funds.\nKwok Yin-sang, 69, was... [1801 chars]",
"url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/26/asia/father-hong-kong-wanted-activist-jailed-intl-hnk",
"image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2025-05-20t092057z-2145218009-rc2kleahce9e-rtrmadp-3-hongkong-security.JPG?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-26T05:34:59Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
"name": "CNN",
"url": "https://www.cnn.com"
}
},
{
"id": "095380858156576362b83b776783b0b6",
"title": "Forever Chemicals Linked to Faster Aging in Middle-Aged Men, Study Finds",
"description": "A new study shows that exposure to two specific 'forever chemicals' may accelerate biological aging, especially in middle-aged men.",
"content": "A new study shows that exposure to two specific 'forever chemicals' may accelerate biological aging, especially in middle-aged men.\nThese chemicals – PFNA (perfluorononanoic acid) and PFOSA (perfluorooctanesulfonamide) – are just two of the thousands... [4480 chars]",
"url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/forever-chemicals-linked-to-faster-aging-in-middle-aged-men-study-finds",
"image": "https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2026/02/middle-age_pfas_720.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-26T05:03:21Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "76a2943c768c5c3be7d790e609b40403",
"name": "ScienceAlert",
"url": "https://www.sciencealert.com"
}
}
]
}