
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": 3109110, "articles": [ { "title": "Democrats invited accused terrorist killer's DAD to Trump address just weeks before heinous crime", "description": "The father of the accused gunman who shot and killed two Israeli staffers at the Capital Jewish Museum was a special guest of a Democratic congressman.", "content": "The father of the accused gunman who shot and killed two Israeli staffers at the Capital Jewish Museum was a special guest of a Democratic congressman for President Donald Trump's March address to Congress.\n'Eric Rodriguez was our guest during the Pr... [3183 chars]", "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14743323/Father-alleged-DC-Jewish-Museum-shooter-came-face-face-Trump-Capitol-two-months-ago.html", "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/05/23/15/98690971-0-image-m-24_1748009242092.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-05-23T13:54:27Z", "source": { "name": "Daily Mail", "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk" } }, { "title": "Ukraine and Russia exchange 780 soldiers and civilians in biggest swap", "description": "They each handed over 270 servicemen and 120 civilians on the Ukrainian border with Belarus.", "content": "Ukraine and Russia take part in biggest prisoner swap since 2022 invasion\n52 minutes ago Share Save James Waterhouse & Amy Walker In northern Ukraine & London Share Save\nVolodymyr Zelensky/X Some of the released Ukrainians were pictured shortly after... [2023 chars]", "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4eyjxz7eno", "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8ba9/live/b23b8910-37e5-11f0-89be-1318f07bc92e.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-05-23T12:44:41Z", "source": { "name": "BBC", "url": "https://www.bbc.com" } }, { "title": "Israeli attacks kill at least 16 people in Gaza as aid agencies warn of famine", "description": "Latest wave of bombings brings number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to nearly 70 in less than 48 hours", "content": "At least 16 people have been killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza so far on Friday, the territory’s civil defence agency has said, as Israel intensifies its military offensive despite aid agencies warning that the Palestinian population is plunging ... [5071 chars]", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/israeli-attacks-kill-across-gaza-aid-agencies-warn-famine", "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/21176e05579c9f88758d37200f86c461d57512d1/593_0_4907_3927/master/4907.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=ec94762f71e5df23931be4df52c7d873", "publishedAt": "2025-05-23T12:29:00Z", "source": { "name": "The Guardian", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com" } } ] }