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": 229080,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3899491c3c1468e65c97e9968939e05c",
            "title": "British Authorities Identify New Suspected Hantavirus Cruise Case (Live Updates)",
            "description": "The MV Hondius is en route to the Canary Islands, where it will be allowed to dock for the first time since a hantavirus outbreak was confirmed on board.",
            "content": "Topline\nU.K. health authorities on Friday identified a new suspected case of Hantavirus linked to the cruise ship outbreak—a British man currently in the remote South Atlantic island Tristan da Cunha—while the World Health Organization said a KLM fli... [4607 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/05/08/hantavirus-infected-cruise-ship-new-suspected-case-identified-dutch-flight-attendant-tests-negative--latest-updates/",
            "image": "https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/69f9ef336956accb35324d50/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&height=900&width=1600&fit=bounds",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T10:54:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c4e32b557a3dd75225975f11fb68a3a9",
                "name": "Forbes",
                "url": "https://www.forbes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "241dbba29f32ad3a114c6bc85810cdc4",
            "title": "Artists’ Strike Closes Pavilions at Venice Biennale, Adding to Upheaval",
            "description": "The hottest exhibitions at the world’s major art exhibition were shuttered on Friday as part of a pro-Palestinian demonstration.",
            "content": "The Venice Biennale was disrupted on Friday as some of the major artists at this year’s event shuttered their exhibitions in protest over Israel’s continued participation.\nWhen the event opened at 10 a.m., dozens of people flocked to Austria’s pavili... [1512 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/arts/venice-biennale-protests.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/08/multimedia/08cul-venice-protests-lckz/08cul-venice-protests-lckz-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T09:38:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "nytimes.com",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "75e185eb8621caa6f01de0489d9bd926",
            "title": "Without Its Expert Jury, Venice Biennale Lets the Public Choose Its Prize Winners",
            "description": "The jury resigned last week, so the international art event is letting viewers pick the best artist from the main exhibition and the national pavilions.",
            "content": "A popularity contest is replacing the Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion awards.\nThe event’s top awards, usually given by an expert jury, are typically thought to bestow a place in art history to winners. But this year the winners will be chosen by the pu... [2103 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/arts/venice-biennale-golden-lion-public-voting.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/05/08/multimedia/08cul-venice-vote-explainer-wlcm/08cul-venice-vote-explainer-wlcm-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T09:05:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "nytimes.com",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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