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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 API

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": 110723,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Winter storm across US south disrupts travel and closes schools",
            "description": "Flight cancellations pile up and state officials warn of dangerous roads on Saturday with biting cold and wet snow",
            "content": "Flight cancellations piled up and state officials warned of continuing dangerous roads on Saturday in the wake of a winter storm that closed schools and disrupted travel across parts of the southern US.\nA storm that brought biting cold and wet snow t... [4253 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/11/winter-storm-us-south",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7b15b1e6b3bd3360a66d79869cf43f63122335c2/0_428_6419_3851/master/6419.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=dc893308c5afe1036f7575bfaf9b31f8",
            "publishedAt": "2025-01-11T19:17:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "The Guardian US",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Republican congressman calls for halting of disaster relief to California",
            "description": "Warren Davidson of Ohio says aid should be withheld until the state ravaged by wildfires reforms forestry management",
            "content": "A Republican US congressman from Ohio has called for federal disaster relief to be withheld from California unless the state reforms its forestry management practices that some blame for the rapid spread of wind-fanned fires that broke on Tuesday.\nWa... [3623 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/11/warren-davidson-republican-disaster-relief-california-wildfires",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6ab7dec64ec5c0264c6b3ff17a75d8fffb3be7ae/0_320_3074_1844/master/3074.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=f0a233af24d942fcda20e7600d20f881",
            "publishedAt": "2025-01-11T17:37:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "The Guardian US",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Former Child Actor, Inspirational Speaker Rory Callum Dies In LA Fires",
            "description": "His mother Shelley Sykes wrote she was unable to save her son as he died at the family home.",
            "content": "An Australian man celebrated in his own country and the UK for his success overcoming his disability has fallen victim to the Los Angeles wildfires, his mother has announced on X.\nShelley Sykes wrote of her sadness in confirming that her son Rory Syk... [982 chars]",
            "url": "https://deadline.com/2025/01/rory-callum-sykes-inspirational-personality-dies-la-fires-1236254540/",
            "image": "https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-11-at-17.11.09.png?w=894",
            "publishedAt": "2025-01-11T17:31:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Deadline",
                "url": "https://deadline.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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