United States World News API

Get the live top world headlines from United States with our JSON API.

Get API key for the United States World News API

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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 240364,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "08217628e3f94e6bc524b27d34c0d097",
            "title": "TikTok and YouTube 'not safe enough' for kids, says Ofcom",
            "description": "YouTube said it worked with experts to provide appropriate experiences. TikTok said it was disappointed Ofcom had not acknowledged its safety features.",
            "content": "Ofcom has criticised TikTok and YouTube, saying in a new report their content feeds are \"not safe enough\" for children.\nThe findings follow the regulator's call for stronger action on children's online safety, and said Meta, Snap and Roblox had each ... [3682 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0pky4zpxxo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/ce53/live/9f67cd50-546b-11f1-97ab-4b256b476233.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T06:24:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "955d4baaf7de52a5a760c5750e10785c",
            "title": "The U.S. threatens to revoke the Palestinian U.N. ambassador's visa",
            "description": "A leaked State Department memo shows the U.S. threatened to revoke Palestinian visas if they pushed for a senior United Nations post.",
            "content": "TEL AVIV, Israel — The U.S. is threatening to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations unless the Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. withdraws his run for vice president of the General Assembly.\nA U.S. State Department cab... [5105 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/nx-s1-5828826/us-palestinians-un",
            "image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4000x2250+0+209/resize/1400/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F97%2F4c%2F928019954f69971f91539621eb59%2Fap25266699172533.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T03:52:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0978beb86628acb239ee06cf0b116d2c",
                "name": "NPR",
                "url": "https://www.npr.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2d953fa24efe08ac79bfbe477dd9de52",
            "title": "Colombia expulsa al encargado de la embajada de Bolivia en el país, Ariel Percy Molina, ante crisis diplomática",
            "description": "En las últimas horas, el país latinoamericano había anunciado que la embajadora colombiana tendría que salir de su territorio.",
            "content": "El presidente Gustavo Petro despertó una nueva pelea diplomática en la región, que cada vez aumenta más la tensión. Esta vez, ha tenido diferencias con el mandatario de Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz, tras la crisis política y social que se vive en ese país.\nG... [2445 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.semana.com/politica/articulo/colombia-expulsa-al-encargado-de-la-embajada-de-bolivia-en-el-pais-ariel-percy-molina-ante-crisis-diplomatica/202617/",
            "image": "https://www.semana.com/resizer/v2/LZDAJBNKCRB7BDVQPOM3VRYZWE.jpg?auth=2256b85b20c8ef7b7883bc6482925bebd6200a247f5b8c9d00a80bf16b72aa2e&smart=true&quality=75&width=1280&height=720",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-21T02:52:39Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "9c364a5dd1f4ed8e5ff09e7f1d30dc3d",
                "name": "Revista Semana",
                "url": "https://www.semana.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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