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": 236396,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c57bfb8f5e70cd8bd1442cdde4eb6d10",
            "title": "Explosive device kills 13 aboard bus in Colombia as violent attacks persist",
            "description": "Authorities in Colombia say that an explosive device on a bus has killed 13 people in the country's southwest region as violence there escalates.",
            "content": "BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — An explosive device killed 13 people traveling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country’s army chief described as a “terrorist act” that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug traf... [3046 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/colombia-attacks-police-drones-cali-palmira-934ae0da6de9d751941e5971e8de0f17",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/b2805d5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6720x4478+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F4d%2Fd4%2F35dcadd8cfb3751a5e369e3b4959%2F54145442f831475e9de962c221909528",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T05:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d5ec83d8a40f0579bdfc4e5f5c97134c",
            "title": "40 Years After the Meltdown, War Layers Another Disaster on Chernobyl",
            "description": "Ideas have been floated for how the contaminated zone could bring economic benefits to Ukraine. But for the foreseeable future, it will be an army-controlled security belt.",
            "content": "Vines twirl through the broken windows of long-abandoned homes, where the detritus of lives interrupted by disaster are still scattered about: children’s shoes, dishes, coats hanging on pegs, all covered in lichen and dust.\nThe ghost towns of the Che... [605 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/world/europe/chernobyl-anniversary.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/04/26/multimedia/26int-ukraine-chernobyl-01-jzqb-promo/26int-ukraine-chernobyl-01-jzqb-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T04:01:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c5af63df1c44c9da3e7ef533c162acc6",
            "title": "Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy signs agreement with Azerbaijan as death toll from Russian attacks rises to 10",
            "description": "Ukrainian leader said he had signed an agreement in Baku on military-industrial co-operation as Russia pounds city of Dnipro with missiles and drones.",
            "content": "Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed deals on security and energy cooperation with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Saturday, he said, as Kyiv seeks to leverage its experience in defending its airspace from Russia. After ... [3130 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/26/ukraine-war-briefing-zelenskyy-signs-agreement-with-azerbaijan-as-death-tolls-from-russian-attacks-rises-to-10",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8b90f6b7ada5a8f01eaa1fc390599d5601ba7a40/86_0_869_695/master/869.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=39e89099b0aade18ca4c172df023988f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T03:20:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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