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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": 373510,
"articles": [
{
"id": "4de2930b4699bbfd203066fa014569f2",
"title": "How Indiana broke college football",
"description": "In a sport that splashes tens of millions of dollars to replace coaches every year, the Hoosiers are not helping everyone's pressure levels.",
"content": "Do you want to share your predictions, analysis or thoughts on Monday’s National Championship Game between Indiana and Miami? Get involved with our coverage at live@theathletic.com.\nAcross college football, Indiana’s two-year rise from Big Ten baseme... [6812 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6974588/2026/01/16/indiana-curt-cignetti-college-football-predictions/",
"image": "https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2026/01/15132839/GettyImages-2254299091-scaled-e1768501848371.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=cover",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-16T13:49:21Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
"name": "The New York Times",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
}
},
{
"id": "f2c449767edc811a113d6007cf8e0308",
"title": "Cumberland County DA cancels news conference on ICE activity after state court concern",
"description": "The event was planned as officials in Maine's 2 largest cities anticipate an increased presence from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the coming days.",
"content": "Cumberland County District Attorney Jacqueline Sartoris canceled a news conference scheduled for Friday morning in Portland after the state’s court administrator cautioned against it, she said in a statement.\nSartoris and Portland Mayor Mark Dion had... [2101 chars]",
"url": "https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/16/cumberland-county-da-portland-officials-plan-friday-news-conference-on-ice-activity/",
"image": "https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/01/MixCollage-15-Jan-2026-04-08-PM-7984.jpg?w=780",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-16T13:42:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "96bf7bcfb62f4281fcc45675e561cf4b",
"name": "Portland Press Herald - Maine Sunday Telegram",
"url": "https://www.pressherald.com"
}
},
{
"id": "4936cb1e7f2b2d05eb3c7690816a63fc",
"title": "‘An attempt to break people’: Bucha holds out amid Russia’s weaponisation of winter",
"description": "Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power plants as severe frost set in have been described as ‘crimes against humanity’",
"content": "Outside the main pumping station for Bucha, three engineers, bundled up in parkas, are working on the emergency generator keeping the Ukrainian city supplied with water.\nOne holds a heat gun to the generator’s filter in an effort to unfreeze it, his ... [5897 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/16/urkraine-bucha-russia-weaponisation-winter-air-strikes-power-plants",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dd55265b0a9964741eb37f227723dfb9df1e51ca/0_0_3786_3029/master/3786.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=f25f32dfcb6601339d455cd0f0f6504d",
"publishedAt": "2026-01-16T13:18:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
}
]
}