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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 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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
"totalArticles": 235870,
"articles": [
{
"id": "f8f7fe6e6daa0309d3a7f926dd393251",
"title": "Merz shrugs off Trump clash over troops, trade",
"description": "Merz publicly wonders if he could have handled Trump better, but doesn’t plan to change his style to be more “polished.”",
"content": "BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz tried to lower the temperature of transatlantic relations on Sunday by talking up his relationship with President Donald Trump — but didn’t pretend things are rosy.\nAfter Merz took a swipe at Trump over U.S. ... [4044 chars]",
"url": "https://www.politico.eu/article/friedrich-merz-shrugs-trump-clash-troop-withdrawal-trade-relationship-sours/",
"image": "https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=1200,height=630,fit=crop,quality=80,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/03/GettyImages-2273234646-scaled.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-03T22:49:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "3ba3d17ed2b9c7b829a43e4ec3f59eb0",
"name": "politico.eu",
"url": "https://www.politico.eu"
}
},
{
"id": "3c75c98d84f2cfb6b2f0bc51b91bca26",
"title": "Rubio expected to meet with Pope Leo amid clash with Trump on Iran",
"description": "The secretary of state is set to travel to Italy this week, a Vatican official said. Observers view the trip as an attempt to patch up ties with the Vatican and Italy.",
"content": "The secretary of state is set to travel to Italy this week, a Vatican official said. Observers view the trip as an attempt to patch up ties with the Vatican and Italy.\nMay 3, 2026 at 3:36 p.m. EDTToday at 3:36 p.m. EDT\nROME — Secretary of State Marco... [300 chars]",
"url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/03/rubio-pope-trump-vatican/",
"image": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/OFIHDHWTICB7ZPTZEKVMWGPOFM_size-normalized.jpg&w=1440",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-03T22:39:01Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "aa250375ed4d1652ad2c07377b69f537",
"name": "The Washington Post",
"url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com"
}
},
{
"id": "f70510e888eca9de9494cc19aa7deb00",
"title": "Iran Special Report, May 3, 2026",
"description": "Iran’s counterproposal to the United States reportedly includes a three-phase plan that seeks to quickly end the war.",
"content": "Toplines\nIran’s counterproposal to the United States reportedly includes a three-phase plan that seeks to quickly end the war, guarantee no future combined force strikes on Iran, and address the Strait of Hormuz in the first phase, while delaying tal... [3897 chars]",
"url": "https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-special-report-may-3-2026/",
"image": "https://understandingwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Website-Featured-Image-1-scaled.webp",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-03T22:20:09Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "41fdc887bd765811a368dcd8b6dd6835",
"name": "Institute for the Study of War",
"url": "https://understandingwar.org"
}
}
]
}