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United States Nation News API

Get the live top nation 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=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 443576,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5e313f26256fbee04c51e861190f8cc2",
            "title": "Man Killed by Federal Agents in Minneapolis Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun",
            "description": "Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict federal accounts of the shooting. The man, an I.C.U. nurse, was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said.",
            "content": "The doctor, whose name was redacted from the publicly available version of the court filing, described themselves as a pediatrician and said they had witnessed parts of the encounter from a nearby apartment. Though their view was from a distance, the... [16190 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/01/24/multimedia/24minneapolis-ice-promo-0430/24xp-wwk-minnesota-tzlc-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T07:59:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "49802b2af4efc96af019fada568ff2d8",
            "title": "In Court Filings, Witnesses Describe Fatal Minneapolis Shooting of Alex Pretti",
            "description": "The filings raise further questions about the federal government’s narrative of what happened before federal agents shot Alex Jeffrey Pretti on Saturday.",
            "content": "A doctor who lives near the scene where Alex Jeffrey Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday described in a sworn court filing how agents initially hesitated and asked for proof of a medical license when the doctor tri... [1585 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/witnesses-alex-pretti-shooting.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/01/25/multimedia/24minneapolis-ice-swornstatements/24minneapolis-ice-swornstatements-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T07:59:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e535428e4c8b0bfd16afb8cc7754e5fa",
            "title": "Video contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’",
            "description": "Video evidence reviewed by Guardian shows Alex Pretti, killed by agents in Minneapolis, held a phone, not a gun",
            "content": "Video recorded by witnesses to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday shows that the 37-year-old registered nurse was holding a phone, not a gun, when he was tackled and shot, directly contradicting the claims ... [5278 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/minneapolis-shooting-ice",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c4c7028b0fcaecdaf36ed0c9764dc5e4699d3b7a/0_567_1434_1147/master/1434.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=5adc3ecdff4727ecc320944ff87a1718",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-25T04:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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