US News Aggregator

Collect and extract full-text news articles from 45 US news sources covering major national newspapers, wire services, broadcasters, and regional newspapers from the Northeast, South, Midwest, and West. Get structured article data including title, full text, authors, publish date, and more - updated with every run.

No login required. No API keys to manage. Just set your filters and start collecting articles.

Why US News?

The United States has the world's largest and most influential English-language media landscape, with hundreds of national and regional outlets publishing tens of thousands of articles daily. From coast to coast, newspapers, wire services, and broadcasters shape public discourse on politics, business, technology, and culture. This actor provides a single, unified feed covering the most important US news sources, enabling:

• Media monitoring: Track news coverage across the US press in real time
• Sentiment analysis: Feed structured article text into NLP pipelines
• Market intelligence: Monitor business, economic, and political developments
• Academic research: Collect large-scale English news corpora
• Content aggregation: Build news feeds or dashboards for US coverage

Quick Start

Default: Get 100 Recent Articles

{
  "limit": 100
}

Search for a Topic

{
  "search_query": "artificial intelligence",
  "limit": 100
}

Articles from a Date Range

{
  "start_date": "2026-02-01",
  "end_date": "2026-02-15",
  "limit": 500
}

Combined: Search Within a Date Range

{
  "search_query": "interest rates",
  "start_date": "2026-02-01",
  "limit": 200
}

Select Specific Sources

{
  "limit": 100,
  "new_york_times": true,
  "washington_post": true,
  "cnn": true,
  "fox_news": false,
  "npr": false
}

Unlimited (All Available Articles)

{
  "limit": 0
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
search_query	string	No	-	Filter articles by keyword. Only articles whose title, content, or URL contain this keyword will be returned.
start_date	date	No	-	Only include articles published on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
end_date	date	No	-	Only include articles published on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).
limit	integer	No	100	Maximum number of articles to return. Set to 0 for unlimited. Max: 10,000.

Filtering Details

• Search query matches against article title and full text (case-insensitive). During discovery, it also pre-filters on title metadata when available. Articles that can't be ruled out (missing metadata) are kept for full analysis.
• Date filters apply to the article's date_publish field. Articles without a publish date are included (can't be ruled out).
• Filters are applied in two stages: first as a pre-filter on discovery metadata (fast, avoids unnecessary downloads), then as a post-filter on extracted full content (thorough, checks title + text).
• When using search_query, the actor may process more articles in the background than the final result count, since articles are filtered after extraction.

Source Selection

Each news source can be individually enabled or disabled via a toggle. All sources are enabled by default. Set a source to false to exclude it from the run.

See the Supported News Sources section below for the full list of available source keys.

Supported News Sources

The actor monitors 45 news outlets across the United States, covering politics, business, sports, culture, and more.

Major Newspapers

Source	Domain	Summary
The New York Times	nytimes.com	America's newspaper of record, known for in-depth reporting and global coverage.
The Wall Street Journal	wsj.com	Leading financial and business newspaper with broad national news coverage.
The Washington Post	washingtonpost.com	Major national newspaper known for political reporting and investigative journalism.
USA Today	usatoday.com	America's widest-circulation national newspaper covering news, sports, and life.
AP News	apnews.com	Global wire service and the most trusted source of independent news.
Reuters	reuters.com	International wire service providing unbiased news from around the world.
NPR	npr.org	National public radio network with award-winning news and analysis.
Politico	politico.com	Digital-first outlet focused on US politics and policy.
Axios	axios.com	Digital media company known for concise, smart news coverage.
The Hill	thehill.com	Nonpartisan news outlet covering Congress, politics, and policy.
CNN	cnn.com	24-hour cable news network and digital news outlet with global reach.
Fox News	foxnews.com	Cable news channel and digital outlet with conservative editorial perspective.
NBC News	nbcnews.com	Broadcast network news division covering national and world news.
ABC News	abcnews.go.com	Broadcast network news division with strong investigative reporting.
CBS News	cbsnews.com	Broadcast network news division known for flagship programs and reporting.
MSNBC	msnbc.com	Cable news network with progressive editorial perspective and political analysis.

Northeast

Source	Region	Domain	Summary
New York Post	New York, NY	nypost.com	New York City tabloid covering news, sports, and entertainment.
New York Daily News	New York, NY	nydailynews.com	Pulitzer Prize-winning New York City daily tabloid.
Boston Globe	Boston, MA	bostonglobe.com	New England's leading newspaper with strong investigative reporting.
Philadelphia Inquirer	Philadelphia, PA	inquirer.com	Philadelphia's major daily newspaper covering regional and national news.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette	Pittsburgh, PA	post-gazette.com	Western Pennsylvania's leading newspaper.
Hartford Courant	Hartford, CT	courant.com	One of America's oldest continuously published newspapers.
NJ.com / Star-Ledger	New Jersey	nj.com	New Jersey's largest news outlet covering state news and politics.
Syracuse.com / Post-Standard	Syracuse, NY	syracuse.com	Central New York's leading news source.

South

Source	Region	Domain	Summary
The Washington Times	Washington, DC	washingtontimes.com	Conservative-leaning daily newspaper covering national politics and world news.
The Baltimore Sun	Baltimore, MD	baltimoresun.com	Maryland's largest daily newspaper with a long history of investigative journalism.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution	Atlanta, GA	ajc.com	The South's leading newspaper covering Georgia and regional news.
Orlando Sentinel	Orlando, FL	orlandosentinel.com	Central Florida's daily newspaper covering regional news and tourism.
Sun Sentinel	Fort Lauderdale, FL	sun-sentinel.com	South Florida daily newspaper serving Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Dallas Morning News	Dallas, TX	dallasnews.com	North Texas's leading newspaper covering regional and state news.
Houston Chronicle	Houston, TX	houstonchronicle.com	Texas's largest daily newspaper covering Houston and the Gulf Coast.

Midwest

Source	Region	Domain	Summary
Chicago Tribune	Chicago, IL	chicagotribune.com	Chicago's flagship newspaper and one of America's great metropolitan dailies.
Chicago Sun-Times	Chicago, IL	suntimes.com	Chicago's tabloid-format daily known for hard-hitting local journalism.
Star Tribune	Minneapolis, MN	startribune.com	The Upper Midwest's largest newspaper covering Minnesota and regional news.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch	St. Louis, MO	stltoday.com	Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper covering St. Louis and the bi-state region.

West

Source	Region	Domain	Summary
Los Angeles Times	Los Angeles, CA	latimes.com	The West Coast's largest newspaper covering California and national news.
San Francisco Chronicle	San Francisco, CA	sfchronicle.com	Northern California's leading newspaper covering the Bay Area and tech industry.
San Diego Union-Tribune	San Diego, CA	sandiegouniontribune.com	San Diego's daily newspaper covering Southern California and border news.
The Mercury News	San Jose, CA	mercurynews.com	Silicon Valley's newspaper of record covering technology and Bay Area news.
The Oregonian	Portland, OR	oregonlive.com	Oregon's largest newspaper covering Pacific Northwest news.
Denver Post	Denver, CO	denverpost.com	Colorado's largest daily newspaper covering the Rocky Mountain region.
Las Vegas Review-Journal	Las Vegas, NV	reviewjournal.com	Nevada's largest newspaper covering Las Vegas and state news.
Deseret News	Salt Lake City, UT	deseret.com	Utah's oldest continuously published daily newspaper.
East Bay Times	Oakland, CA	eastbaytimes.com	East Bay and Contra Costa County daily newspaper.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser	Honolulu, HI	staradvertiser.com	Hawaii's largest newspaper covering the islands and Pacific region.

Output Example

Each article is returned as a structured object with full text and metadata:

{
  "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/example-headline.html",
  "article_title": "Example article headline",
  "authors": ["Author Name"],
  "date_publish": "2026-02-15T10:30:00",
  "article_description": "Brief summary of the article content.",
  "text": "Full article text extracted from the page...",
  "language": "en",
  "image_url": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/example.jpg",
  "source_domain": "www.nytimes.com",
  "error": null
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
url	string	Full URL of the article
article_title	string	Article headline
authors	array	List of author names
date_publish	string	Publication date (ISO 8601)
article_description	string	Article summary / meta description
text	string	Full article text
language	string	Language code (e.g. en)
image_url	string	URL of the main article image
source_domain	string	Domain name of the news source
error	string	Error message, or null if successful

Failed Articles

Articles that can't be extracted (paywall, timeout, etc.) are returned with an error:

{
  "url": "https://example.com/article",
  "error": "Failed to download article"
}

Pricing: Pay As You Go

This actor uses Apify's pay-per-event billing model.

Event	Cost	Description
Actor start	$0.0002	Charged once per run
Article	$0.99 / 1,000 articles	Charged per successfully extracted article

Key billing details:

• Only successful articles are charged: Failed extractions are free
• No minimum commitment: Pay only for what you use
• Budget controls: Set spending limits in your Apify account
• Discounts available: Gold, Silver and Bronze members of Apify receive discounts.

API Integration

Call via Apify API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/zen-studio~us-news-aggregator/runs?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"limit": 100, "search_query": "interest rates", "start_date": "2026-02-01"}'

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("zen-studio/us-news-aggregator").call(
    run_input={
        "limit": 100,
        "search_query": "interest rates",
        "start_date": "2026-02-01",
    }
)

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    if item.get("error"):
        continue
    print(f"[{item['source_domain']}] {item['article_title']}")
    print(f"  {item['url']}")
    print(f"  Published: {item['date_publish']}")
    print()

JavaScript / Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('zen-studio/us-news-aggregator').call({
    limit: 100,
    search_query: 'interest rates',
    start_date: '2026-02-01',
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items
    .filter(item => !item.error)
    .forEach(item => {
        console.log(`[${item.source_domain}] ${item.article_title}`);
        console.log(`  ${item.url}`);
    });

Use Cases

• News monitoring dashboards: Aggregate headlines from across the US press into a single feed for journalists, analysts, or PR teams
• NLP & sentiment analysis: Extract full-text articles at scale for training language models or running sentiment classifiers
• Competitive intelligence: Track press coverage of companies, brands, or industries across US media
• Academic research: Build English news corpora for linguistics, political science, or media studies
• Risk & compliance: Monitor political and economic developments that may impact business operations

Advanced Usage

Scheduled Monitoring

Set up recurring runs to build a continuous news archive:

1. Go to the actor's Schedules tab
2. Create a new schedule (e.g., every 6 hours)
3. Configure your input with the desired limit
4. Results accumulate in datasets for historical analysis

Integration with Google Sheets

Export results directly to Google Sheets:

1. Run the actor
2. Go to the dataset
3. Click Export > Google Sheets

Technical Details

How It Works

1. Discovery: The actor queries the news sources to find article URLs
2. Pre-filtering: Articles are filtered early based on discovery metadata (date, title keyword) to skip irrelevant downloads
3. Deduplication: Duplicate URLs across sources are removed, and articles are interleaved round-robin across sources for fair distribution
4. Extraction: Each article is downloaded and parsed in batches to extract structured content (title, text, authors, date, etc.)
5. Post-filtering: Extracted articles are filtered again on full content (date + keyword search in title and text)
6. Output: Results are pushed to your Apify dataset

Performance

• Batched processing: Large runs are automatically chunked for reliability
• Fault tolerance: If one source or batch fails, others continue processing
• Memory: 256-512 MB per run

Error Handling

Error Type	Behavior
Source unavailable	Skipped, other sources continue
Article download failed	Returned with error message
Rate limit (429)	Automatic retry with exponential backoff
Server error (5xx)	Automatic retry (3 attempts)

Data Export

Results can be exported in multiple formats:

• JSON - Full structured data
• CSV - Flattened for spreadsheets
• Excel - Direct .xlsx download
• XML - For legacy system integration

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/DATASET_ID/items?format=json&token=YOUR_TOKEN"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/DATASET_ID/items?format=csv&token=YOUR_TOKEN"

FAQ

How many articles does each run return?

It depends on what the sources have published recently. A typical run with limit: 0 returns several hundred to a few thousand articles from across all sources.

How often is the source list updated?

Sources are curated and updated periodically. If you'd like to suggest a source, open an issue on the actor's repository.

Does the actor store historical articles?

No. Each run discovers currently available articles from source feeds. To build a historical archive, set up scheduled runs.

What language are the articles in?

Articles are in English. Article language is indicated in the language field.

Can I filter by keyword or date?

Yes. Use search_query to filter articles by keyword (matches title and full text). Use start_date and end_date to restrict articles to a date range. These filters can be combined.

Can I filter by source?

Yes. Each source has a toggle in the input (e.g., new_york_times, cnn, los_angeles_times). Set any source to false to exclude it. All sources are enabled by default. You can also filter the output dataset by source_domain after the run completes.

What happens if a news source goes offline?

The actor continues processing all other sources. Failed sources are logged but don't stop the run.

Why does the actor process more articles than my limit when using search?

When search_query is set, the actor needs to download and extract articles to check their full content against your keyword. The limit controls how many matching articles you receive, but more articles may be processed behind the scenes.

Disclaimer

This actor extracts publicly available news articles from public web pages. It does not bypass paywalls, authentication, or access restrictions. Use the data in compliance with applicable laws and the terms of service of the respective news outlets.

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Need help? Open an issue on the actor's repository or contact support through Apify Console.