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": 226780,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a09af664ae8427041ca030d589a8f389",
            "title": "Hantavirus live updates: 2 infected patients in isolation in Dutch hospitals, officials say",
            "description": "The MV Hondius cruise ship, on which the hantavirus infection was identified, is making its way to the Canary Islands.",
            "content": "President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters on Thursday evening, said he has been briefed about the hantavirus cases tied to the MV Hondius cruise ship.\n\"It should be fine. We hope,\" Trump said.\nHe indicated his administration would be issuing a \"f... [3380 chars]",
            "url": "https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/hantavirus-live-updates-mv-hondius-canary-islands/?id=132746955",
            "image": "https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/9f9d016d-ecbd-4c65-b670-989c4b1ca035/Hantavirus-6-rt-gmh-260507_1778159330095_hpMain_16x9.jpg?w=1600",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T01:58:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d35e5701ba890c345f47dc0dd5522375",
                "name": "ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos",
                "url": "https://abcnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3a7ccffd0c7192da0151ee906d44a574",
            "title": "Two ISIS-linked women facing slavery charges after return to Australia",
            "description": "Australian police said on Friday they had charged two women linked to the Islamic State extremist group with slavery offenses after they returned overnight from Syria, where they had been detained in a refugee camp for more than seven years.",
            "content": "Australian police said on Friday they had charged two women linked to the Islamic State extremist group with slavery offenses after they returned overnight from Syria, where they had been detained in a refugee camp for more than seven years.\nThe wome... [2066 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/07/australia/australia-islamic-state-women-charged-intl-hnk",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/afp-operation-kurrajong-melbourne.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T01:58:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "be189e238b9d3c2acd9b39b3639587b9",
            "title": "NTSB data suggests both engines shut off and cockpit struggle came before 2022 China plane crash",
            "description": "Both engines were intentionally shut down and there was a cockpit struggle before a China Eastern Airlines jet slammed into a mountain in 2022.",
            "content": "Both engines were shut off and there was a cockpit struggle before a China Eastern Airlines jet slammed into a mountain in 2022 and killed all 132 people aboard, newly released data released by American investigators suggests.\nIn response to a public... [4438 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/china-eastern-plane-crash-boeing-ntsb-1bd76be0fd8c8bd7b24d59b6f898b7e5",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/469af99/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5000x3332+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fda%2Fe3%2F10e134aaa73a7470e5055f043074%2F3eaa26f9fa314b669e5072a624734473",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T00:50:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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