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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": 197494,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "07197c4fc81e95a4b7a32df63ecd48cd",
            "title": "Germany’s nationalist AfD party hopes to take power in 2026",
            "description": "Since its founding, the nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has stood in opposition. In 2026, it hopes to win state-level governing power and perhaps more.",
            "content": "The AfD now enjoys a virtual tie with the CDU as the most popular party in Germany. Should the fragile ruling coalition collapse, it could seize control of the federal government.\nJanuary 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. ESTToday at 5:00 a.m. EST\nBERLIN — For t... [453 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/13/afd-party-germany-state-elections/",
            "image": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/WLZ27ITBWJCYBHW3A4XPIX5N6A_size-normalized.jpg&w=1440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-13T16:02:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa250375ed4d1652ad2c07377b69f537",
                "name": "The Washington Post",
                "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7678faa294d8f70930094792c511af04",
            "title": "US labels Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan as ‘terrorists’",
            "description": "Top US diplomat Marco Rubio says Washington will ‘use all available tools’ to counter Muslim Brotherhood branches.",
            "content": "The United States has designated Muslim Brotherhood organisations in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan as “terrorist” groups, the Associated Press news agency reports, as Washington intensifies its crackdown on Israel’s rivals across the world.\nThe decision ... [2824 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/13/us-labels-muslim-brotherhood-orgs-in-egypt-lebanon-jordan-as-terrorist",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/AP25173094917531-1767946836.jpg?resize=1200%2C630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-13T14:35:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "93f0f1a94d5185222eda3d434fb37731",
            "title": "Hundreds of Met officers and staff declare Freemasons links",
            "description": "Membership of the Freemasons or similar organisations became declarable in December.",
            "content": "More than 300 Metropolitan Police officers and staff have declared their involvement in the Freemasons or other \"hierarchical associations\" after the force required them to do so last month, a High Court judge has said.\nThe Met announced in December ... [2259 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1m7zln0x3eo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/beec/live/d3f2fb60-f072-11f0-812d-4fa04d8c5b4d.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-13T13:54:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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