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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": 520708,
"articles": [
{
"id": "307545608dfb7cfa6810db2e08998964",
"title": "3 evacuated from hantavirus cruise ship as Spain says it will dock in Canary Islands despite local opposition",
"description": "Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.",
"content": "Three patients suspected of having the hantavirus were evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship and were on their way to the Netherlands for medical care, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The three are German, Dutch and British national... [8178 chars]",
"url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hantavirus-canary-islands-cruise-ship-new-case-switzerland/",
"image": "https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/05/06/f7400fc5-5bdc-41b9-91c0-18220da6754b/thumbnail/1200x630/1bd8c48e6b7611b2c1059d3737144ecd/2026-05-06t162243z-779442542-rc2m3lafmrtn-rtrmadp-3-cruiseship-hantavirus-explainer.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-07T02:04:04Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
"name": "CBS News",
"url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
}
},
{
"id": "e8a483406d12729f4e97021e94079292",
"title": "K-pop stars BTS draw 50,000-strong crowd in Mexico",
"description": "Around 50,000 fans of K-pop superstars BTS gathered outside Mexico's National Palace on Wednesday to get a look at the group, who waved to the crowd from a balcony after meeting with President Claudia...",
"content": "Around 50,000 fans of K-pop superstars BTS gathered outside Mexico's National Palace on Wednesday to get a look at the group, who waved to the crowd from a balcony after meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum.\nBTS will perform shows in Mexico City ... [1032 chars]",
"url": "https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/k-pop-stars-bts-draw-015213254.html",
"image": "https://s.yimg.com/os/en/afp.com/0ab1403fe8544afb6cc637632698040e",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-07T01:52:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "99e8a2cb4638bb798cf9167e5af5b83b",
"name": "Yahoo",
"url": "https://www.yahoo.com"
}
},
{
"id": "82e40c2cc78f589d5047580bd10d5762",
"title": "Justice Department can keep seized Fulton County ballots, judge rules",
"description": "The federal government doesn't have to return the 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta. U.S.",
"content": "ATLANTA (AP) — The federal government doesn’t have to return the 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta, a judge ruled Wednesday.\nU.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee’s decision came af... [4790 chars]",
"url": "https://apnews.com/article/trump-2020-election-fulton-county-fbi-ballots-1c425a1d1d04bf4ea2178c2a5443f2e9",
"image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/65b133e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x3998+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F2b%2F3a%2Fb526cb0de015d6ff4a2f7f925ee4%2Faec6c1d22841474ca58aae6aec34b33a",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-07T01:38:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
"name": "AP News",
"url": "https://apnews.com"
}
}
]
}