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": 526332,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b19d8724e273e23b2d43be507f25d034",
            "title": "James Comey indicted in probe over online post officials say constituted Trump threat",
            "description": "The criminal case is the second in a matter of months against Comey and is part of the Trump administration Justice Department's relentless effort to prosecute political opponents of the Republican president.",
            "content": "The fact that the Justice Department pursued a new case months after a separate and unrelated indictment was dismissed could expose the government to claims of a vindictive prosecution and to arguments that it is going out of its way to target Comey,... [5842 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/james-comey-indicted-in-probe-over-online-post-officials-say-constituted-trump-threat",
            "image": "https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2018/04/1ComeyBook-1024x676.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T22:29:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7194247a4f44906ac877ec001837157c",
                "name": "PBS",
                "url": "https://www.pbs.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5d680c6716f1e5b94874523c40d307b4",
            "title": "Grand Jury Indicts Former N.I.H. Official",
            "description": "Prosecutors accused Dr. David Morens, a former adviser to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, of hiding records related to the onset of the pandemic.",
            "content": "Dr. David Morens, a former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci at the National Institutes of Health, has been indicted on charges of skirting federal record-keeping laws and concealing emails related to the origins of the coronavirus outbreak in C... [1408 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/science/david-morens-indictment.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/04/28/multimedia/28sci-covid-qpkg/28sci-covid-qpkg-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T22:00:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8fef8639567f69ebc41a6bc8cc524196",
            "title": "Peso mexicano- Grupo Milenio",
            "description": "Conoce el tipo de cambio peso-dólar del 28 de abril de 2026 en diferentes bancos como Banco Azteca, BBVA México, Banamex, Banorte y otros.",
            "content": "El dólar HOY 28 de abril se apreciaba levemente y el yen operaba estable, en un contexto en el que los mercados están centrados en las decisiones y las orientaciones de los bancos centrales, con la amenaza de una guerra con Irán como telón de fondo.\n... [729 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.milenio.com/negocios/precio-del-dolar-hoy-28-abril-2026-a-cuanto-cotiza-en-vivo-atm",
            "image": "https://cdn.milenio.com/uploads/media/2025/05/21/enterate-precio-dolar-cotiza-peso.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T21:52:17Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "c11967177434e2f1a43636688219cc21",
                "name": "Milenio",
                "url": "https://www.milenio.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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