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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": 553628,
"articles": [
{
"id": "53768b707cf4514c72b905ce68a03e8b",
"title": "Missing 'Virgin River' Actor Stewart McLean Found Dead",
"description": "The missing Canadian actor Stewart McLean who starred in 'Virgin River' has been found dead.",
"content": "Canadian actor Stewart McLean has been found dead after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced Thursday that his missing person case was turned into a homicide investigation.\nCanada’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced on Friday th... [1547 chars]",
"url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stewart-mclean-missing-virgin-river-actor-found-dead-1236604846/",
"image": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/RWCL4R36NJGVJEVBJ2QE3HC5TU_d16304.avif",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-23T01:44:26Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "58f309465dc77c95e88cbb1d72f55e72",
"name": "The Hollywood Reporter",
"url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com"
}
},
{
"id": "69d0d55c715320552f5eed3d29a68bc4",
"title": "40,000 evacuated in California chemical leak as Orange County officials warn tank \"is going to fail,\" may explode",
"description": "Southern California officials have expanded evacuations in several Orange County cities due to concerns over a leaking toxic chemical tank that they say is \"actively in crisis.\"",
"content": "More than 44,000 people were evacuated in multiple Southern California cities on Friday after officials warned a leaking toxic chemical tank at an Orange County aerospace facility would inevitably fail and potentially explode.\nThe industrial tank at ... [5731 chars]",
"url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/flammable-epoxy-leak-in-orange-county-prompts-hazmat-response/",
"image": "https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/05/22/f6750adf-980f-460e-b360-16d6f2abf545/thumbnail/1200x630/0dedcd2539819fd12181ba118f73ff11/screenshot-2026-05-22-152652.png",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-23T01:38:21Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
"name": "CBS News",
"url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
}
},
{
"id": "a231ef2b99abf8fb6f6517ad893c6af5",
"title": "Evacuations ordered after chemical tank leak in Garden Grove, Calif. : NPR",
"description": "About 40,000 people were under evacuation orders and schools shut down Friday in Southern California after a storage tank continued to leak a hazardous chemical that officials said could rupture or explode.",
"content": "GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — About 40,000 people were under evacuation orders and schools shut down Friday in Southern California after a storage tank continued to leak a hazardous chemical used to make plastic parts that officials said could rupture or ex... [2214 chars]",
"url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/22/g-s1-124082/garden-grove-chemical-tank-leak",
"image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3500x1967+0+199/resize/1400/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4e%2Fc8%2F1bf4081745539765f1b3655f4968%2Fap26142771147502.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-23T00:48:48Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "0978beb86628acb239ee06cf0b116d2c",
"name": "NPR",
"url": "https://www.npr.org"
}
}
]
}