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": 526968,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c08c0c91ada1e969981acc24492e3b39",
            "title": "Why a large U.S. auto lender isn't concerned about 'forever loans'",
            "description": "While median car payments have jumped from $390 to $525 since 2019, data provided by Capital One suggests stability in vehicle cost compared to income.",
            "content": "\"If I just told you, 'Car prices going up, interest rates going up, insurance prices going up,' you would say, 'You know what, consumers must be paying more as a ratio to the income,'\" Capital One Auto President Sanjiv Yajnik told CNBC. \"However, if ... [3701 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/09/capital-one-auto-forever-loans-used-cars.html",
            "image": "https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/107269969-1689113854945-gettyimages-1534548990-dsc01472_w3ttkkgi.jpeg?v=1702413875&w=1920&h=1080",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T12:00:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "32c2ad3fb41cb87b5b847d750028dff0",
                "name": "CNBC",
                "url": "https://www.cnbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "22656187e58ef2f6005ae8571f9bfa32",
            "title": "Frontier Jet Hits Person on Runway During Takeoff at Denver Airport",
            "description": "The plane reported an engine fire and aborted its takeoff. Those on board were safely evacuated.",
            "content": "A Frontier Airlines plane struck a person on the runway as it was taking off from Denver International Airport late Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.\nThe pilots aborted the takeoff and the plane was evacuated after reporting an engine... [1567 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/us/frontier-airlines-plane-collision-denver.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/09/multimedia/09xp-denver-wfqh/09xp-denver-wfqh-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T11:39:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f8fda5026058249d9d30b58cec572291",
            "title": "Hantavirus live updates: CDC team will bring American cruise ship passengers back to quarantine unit",
            "description": "Health officials in multiple states say they're monitoring some passengers who have returned to the U.S. after being aboard the ship for potential hantavirus infections.",
            "content": "An official from the Canarias Region government said that all passengers on the M/V Hondius will began to evacuate within the next 24 hours.\nThe officials said that the government's plan is to not allow any of the passengers to put members of the pop... [2910 chars]",
            "url": "https://abc7.com/live-updates/hantavirus-infection-outbreak-cruise-ship-symptoms-map/19064881/",
            "image": "https://cdn.abcotvs.com/dip/images/19064999_hantavirus-MV-Hondius-ship.png?w=1600",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T11:27:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e8558fd2479027f3073a0b5be434a244",
                "name": "ABC7 Los Angeles",
                "url": "https://abc7.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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