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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": 540020,
"articles": [
{
"id": "31f0a99734bf6b040cf318a9e1750f86",
"title": "Iran War Live Updates: Kuwait Says One Killed and Dozens Injured in Iranian Attack on Airport",
"description": "Video footage verified by The New York Times showed fire inside Kuwait’s international airport. The attack was part of one of the biggest assaults on a Gulf nation since the U.S.-Iran cease-fire was announced in April.",
"content": "Current time in\nTehran7:54 p.m. June 3\nLive\nIran War Live Updates: Drone Barrage at Kuwait Airport Kills One and Injures Dozens\nVideo footage verified by The New York Times showed fire inside Kuwait’s international airport. The attack was part of one... [11411 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/03/world/iran-war-trump-israel-lebanon",
"image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/03/multimedia/03mideast-gulf-attacks-wzqp/03mideast-gulf-attacks-wzqp-facebookJumbo.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-03T16:15:34Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
"name": "The New York Times",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
}
},
{
"id": "5cac38a770d50a8d08306931732f3ffd",
"title": "CBS News fires correspondent Scott Pelley from 60 Minutes",
"description": "The veteran host had accused leadership of \"murdering\" the news show in a confrontation at a staff meeting this week.",
"content": "Newly installed CBS News chief Bari Weiss fired a string of staff at the news programme last week, including its longtime executive producer, and tapped a new editor, Nick Bilton, with no broadcast news experience.\nAt a staff meeting on Monday, Pelle... [2466 chars]",
"url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62rpdkem0mo",
"image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d8bf/live/d0723c60-5f3c-11f1-b027-7de5029274c2.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-03T15:15:48Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
"name": "BBC",
"url": "https://www.bbc.com"
}
},
{
"id": "fad0fa1b57a95cddff35ade6448b834b",
"title": "What we’re hearing about Giannis Antetokounmpo’s trade market as NBA Finals begin",
"description": "Miami? Boston? Orlando? Cleveland? Each playoff round provides more intel for the Milwaukee Bucks as they weigh an Antetokounmpo trade.",
"content": "The Giannis Antetokounmpo clock keeps ticking, with less than three weeks remaining until the deadline that Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam set in early May.\nBy the time the June 23 NBA Draft arrives, as Haslam publicly said back then, we shoul... [12487 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7328530/2026/06/03/giannis-antetokounmpo-bucks-trade-market-destination/",
"image": "https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2026/06/02195313/GettyImages-2277747473-scaled.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=cover",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-03T15:14:15Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
"name": "The New York Times",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
}
}
]
}