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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": 525504,
"articles": [
{
"id": "fe1c86063e1625931cfad78fb3f7bf2d",
"title": "Police say threat ‘neutralised’ after San Diego islamic centre shooting",
"description": "Authorities say they are deploying ‘significant resources’ to the scene of the incident at Islamic Center of San Diego.",
"content": "Authorities in California have said they “neutralised” the threat after an “active shooter” incident a complex that includes a mosque and an Islamic school in San Diego.\nTaha Hassane, the imam at the Islamic Center of San Diego (ICSD), said after the... [1776 chars]",
"url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/18/san-diego-police-say-responding-to-an-active-shooter-at-islamic-center",
"image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-05-18T195418Z_975896383_RC2VBLAL7OWQ_RTRMADP_3_CALIFORNIA-SHOOTING-1779134168.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-18T20:35:20Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
"name": "Al Jazeera",
"url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
}
},
{
"id": "b2c54e584afc660aba498795cd3acc53",
"title": "Sandy Fire in Simi Valley Forces Immediate Evacuations",
"description": "Officials ordered more than 23,000 to evacuate after a brush fire broke out in Simi Valley, Calif.",
"content": "A brush fire in a suburban community north of Los Angeles was “spreading dangerously fast” and threatening homes on Monday afternoon amid windy conditions, fire officials said.\nThe fire in Simi Valley, Calif., about 40 miles northwest of downtown Los... [1972 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/sandy-fire-simi-valley-california.html",
"image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/18/multimedia/18nat-ca-sandy-fire-hjmb/18nat-ca-sandy-fire-hjmb-facebookJumbo.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-18T19:32:34Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
"name": "The New York Times",
"url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
}
},
{
"id": "218c0c5ea278cc13cbb5232973a10459",
"title": "Long Island Rail Road strike creates manic Monday commute as negotiators return to the table",
"description": "It was manic Monday for thousands of Long Island Rail Road riders trying to get in and out of New York City on the third day of a labor strike that has shut down the nation’s largest commuter railroad",
"content": "It was manic Monday for thousands of Long Island Rail Road riders trying to get in and out of New York City on the third day of a labor strike that has shut down the nation’s largest commuter railroad.\nThis was the first weekday test of the alternate... [4116 chars]",
"url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/long-island-rail-road-strike-creates-manic-monday-commute-negotiators-rcna345701",
"image": "https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2026-05/260518-LIRR-strike-bf-1122-17a33c.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-18T19:12:11Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "3bab6463853c054dc51d2427c1a5b69e",
"name": "NBC News",
"url": "https://www.nbcnews.com"
}
}
]
}