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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": 225124,
"articles": [
{
"id": "8ae41cd1ffed1c273825ec6ae5efa676",
"title": "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 15, 2026",
"description": "Russian President Vladimir Putin is positively portraying data about Russia's economic performance that actually shows a strained economy.",
"content": "Toplines\nRussian President Vladimir Putin is positively portraying data about Russia’s economic performance that actually shows a strained economy. Putin claimed on May 15 that the Russian government’s economic measures began to generate “restrained,... [19991 chars]",
"url": "https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-15-2026/",
"image": "https://understandingwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Website-Featured-Image-2-scaled.webp",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-16T00:04:34Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "41fdc887bd765811a368dcd8b6dd6835",
"name": "Institute for the Study of War",
"url": "https://understandingwar.org"
}
},
{
"id": "2d7499475ede1148190ff63277ec4b01",
"title": "White House Overrun by Huge Swarm of Bees, Video Shows",
"description": "Call it a sting operation ... because a massive swarm of bees descended on the White House grounds Friday.",
"content": "Call it a sting operation ... because a massive swarm of bees descended on the White House grounds Friday.\nThousands of bees reportedly swarmed the White House Press Corps' \"Pebble Beach\" media area after setting up a hive in a nearby tree ... creati... [454 chars]",
"url": "https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/15/bees-swarm-white-house-video/",
"image": "https://imagez.tmz.com/image/c5/16by9/2026/05/15/c5527ba5cc7b46aab1eea1ffdabcea91_xl.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-15T23:57:25Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "3539b82bbf6242ee8b4c1fbed4ea5ec7",
"name": "TMZ",
"url": "https://www.tmz.com"
}
},
{
"id": "bb22555c711b4cb910c8e0e2166030f5",
"title": "Swarm of Angry Bees Sparks Chaos on White House Lawn",
"description": "One reporter described the swarm as a “bee tornado.”",
"content": "A swarm of “thousands” of bees briefly took over the White House’s North Lawn on Friday.\nFox Business reporter Edward Lawrence was among the journalists outside when the swarm came buzzing by, flying in close proximity to the executive residence befo... [1281 chars]",
"url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/swarm-of-angry-bees-sparks-chaos-on-white-house-lawn/",
"image": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/resizer/v2/H3GOUUIZB5BGXBTNMJEF3MLI3A.jpg?smart=true&auth=d6cb8ab77b0b4fa8fa35536cda516c832d37fbc64044fb39c34a38c01c9f16f7&width=1200&height=630",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-15T23:33:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "e3fd974e36370d094fc026102a75c80f",
"name": "The Daily Beast",
"url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com"
}
}
]
}