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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": 395836,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8ebc6e39c634beed1f35816689fdb22c",
            "title": "All flights at El Paso airport in Texas halted for 10 days for 'security reasons,' FAA says",
            "description": "All flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas have been halted for “special security reasons,” the Federal Aviation Administration said early Wednesday.",
            "content": "All flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas have been halted for “special security reasons,” the Federal Aviation Administration said early Wednesday.\n“No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM,” the FAA ... [2967 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flights-el-paso-airport-texas-halted-10-days-security-reasons-faa-rcna258497",
            "image": "https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2026-02/260211-El-Paso-International-Airport-rs-2b319d.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T11:50:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3bab6463853c054dc51d2427c1a5b69e",
                "name": "NBC News",
                "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "aaca78b0b067b5be6da50b451a2826ae",
            "title": "Iran marks 47th anniversary of Islamic Revolution",
            "description": "Iran is marking the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution amid internal and external pressures.",
            "content": "DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran marked the 47th anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Wednesday as the country’s theocracy remains under pressure, both from U.S. President Donald Trump who suggested sending another aircraft carrier gr... [6199 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/iran-revolution-anniversary-us-nuclear-talks-protests-4ffab53ef628073ca90b9c8707485577",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/cbd9922/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8318x5543+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fe8%2F5e%2F0d736e07efa84ecd34721702e51f%2Fd7888b5e26c345149d3b4aa0ac1847bb",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T11:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a8fc3e133a83f88501405d7bf3b90f38",
            "title": "The sell-off in AI losers has been so steep that this famed activist investor has reportedly sprung into action",
            "description": "Fears of disruption from Anthropic’s Claude plug-ins have severely dented the share prices of data and software companies in 2026",
            "content": "A report published by Barclays Wednesday describes how AI disruption is driving extreme stock dispersion. Those companies perceived to be on the losing side of AI trends have witnessed a major derating and are oversold tactically, so Barclays sees se... [424 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-sell-off-in-ai-losers-has-been-so-steep-that-this-famed-activist-investor-has-reportedly-sprung-into-action-c100732b",
            "image": "https://images.mktw.net/im-93067408/social",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-11T10:24:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "81fd6e0fb333b02e84b3d43f11d6d045",
                "name": "MarketWatch",
                "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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