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United States World News API

Get the live top world 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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 248052,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "be8c22aa77aa9d69d6b19a36e79cf25b",
            "title": "Explosion at Jewish School in Amsterdam Is 2nd Antisemitic Attack in 2 Days, Officials Say",
            "description": "No one was hurt in the explosion at a Jewish school in Amsterdam, or in an earlier one at a Rotterdam synagogue.",
            "content": "Explosive devices were set off at two Jewish institutions in the Netherlands within two days, Dutch officials said on Saturday, denouncing what they described as antisemitic attacks.\nOn Saturday, Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam said an overnight bla... [1555 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/world/europe/amsterdam-rotterdam-antisemitic-attacks.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/03/14/multimedia/14int-netherlands-school-wlhv/14int-netherlands-school-wlhv-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T23:20:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "079319a7982924ca12d387ac2ea4e08b",
            "title": "Turkey's foreign minister sees potential for US-Iran back-channel talks",
            "description": "Turkey’s foreign minister says diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran is stalled, but he thinks quiet back-channel talks remain possible.",
            "content": "ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s powerful foreign minister said Saturday that there is no serious initiative to resume negotiations between the United States and Iran but that he believes Iran is open to back-channel talks.\nThe comments by Foreign Mini... [6447 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/turkey-foreign-minister-iran-5a1bf8a77a475e33adefb0c99c26547c",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/9e4e964/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5316x3542+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F76%2F8b%2Fccd1922b8acc8ba301c3a6f28148%2F7f5b0172fe994a319bbe6fb1bc95f7c7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T21:43:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7800b236bfd1f2529702a8e0f5b6f116",
            "title": "Photos: Fire at Key UAE Oil Hub Day After US Attack on Iran Oil Depot",
            "description": "The targeting of oil infrastructure in the Middle East combined with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz will likely lead to even higher oil prices.",
            "content": "Fire erupted at a critical oil hub in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday amid the ongoing military conflict in the Middle East.\nPlumes of dark black smoke billowed around the Port of Fujairah, the only multipurpose maritime facility on the UAE's ea... [696 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-fire-key-uae-oil-hub-after-intercepted-drone-attack-2026-3",
            "image": "https://i.insider.com/69b5970d4d65ec51752a05a6?width=1200&format=jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-14T21:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3349d5cc8abff1623266825fbe6b0f68",
                "name": "Business Insider",
                "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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