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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": 6361210,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Doctors issue warning over dangerous new Covid strain imported from CHINA that's now in multiple US states",
            "description": "Latest tracking data from the CDC shows, according to CBS News , the new strain - dubbed NB.1.8.1 - has been detected among international travelers arriving in California, Washington state, Virginia and New York City.",
            "content": "A new Covid variant behind a surge of hospitalizations in China has been detected in the US.\nLatest CDC data shows the new NB.1.8.1 strain has been detected among international travelers arriving in California, Washington state, Virginia and New York... [3323 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14743073/Doctors-warning-covid-virus-new-variant.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/05/23/15/98691161-0-image-a-10_1748009640448.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-05-23T14:35:10Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Inside the room at Trump’s meme coin dinner",
            "description": "More than 200 wealthy crypto bros gathered for a private event at President Donald Trump’s golf club just outside Washington, DC, on Thursday night — dining on filet mignon and halibut while the president stood at a podium regaling them with tales of his 2024 victory.",
            "content": "CNN —\nMore than 200 wealthy crypto bros gathered for a private event at President Donald Trump’s golf club just outside Washington, DC, on Thursday night — dining on filet mignon and halibut while the president stood at a podium regaling them with ta... [7561 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/politics/trump-crypto-meme-coin-dinner",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-2216579757.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2025-05-23T14:02:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Infrared-Seeing Contact Lenses Turn Humans into Night Visionaries",
            "description": "Researchers have developed contact lenses that enable humans and mice to see near-infrared light by converting it into visible wavelengths.",
            "content": "Summary: Researchers have developed contact lenses that enable humans and mice to see near-infrared light by converting it into visible wavelengths. These lenses use specialized nanoparticles embedded in standard soft contact material, allowing users... [7424 chars]",
            "url": "https://neurosciencenews.com/infrared-contacts-visual-neuroscience-29124/",
            "image": "https://neurosciencenews.com/files/2025/05/infrared-contacts-neuroscience.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-05-23T13:55:12Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Neuroscience News",
                "url": "https://neurosciencenews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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