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Fair Observer API, RSS and sitemap

Every article Fair Observer publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 221 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

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Four ways to pull fairobserver.com

All four are ours, all four are live, and none of them needs a key.

JSON Search this publisher

Every article we hold from fairobserver.com, newest first. Add q= to search inside.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.fairobserver.com&size=20"open it →

RSS Subscribe in any reader

The same articles as an RSS 2.0 feed. Works in Feedly, Inoreader, Thunderbird — anywhere.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/rss?host=www.fairobserver.com&size=50"open it →

JSON Feed For apps

JSON Feed 1.1, the same content in a format apps parse natively.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/feed.json?host=www.fairobserver.com&size=50"open it →

Trimmed For agents

Only the fields an agent needs — title, url, date, language — so the response stays small.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.fairobserver.com&size=20&fields=title,url,published_at,lang"open it →

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and Fair Observer headlines come back as JSON.

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.fairobserver.com&size=5"
221
articles indexed
75
in the last 30 days
3
median per day
1
languages
585 min
median crawl lag
08.06 → 05.09
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 82 days. The busiest hour is 13:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-06-08: 3 articles2026-06-09: 3 articles2026-06-10: 3 articles2026-06-11: 3 articles2026-06-12: 3 articles2026-06-13: 3 articles2026-06-14: 3 articles2026-06-17: 3 articles2026-06-18: 3 articles2026-06-19: 3 articles2026-06-20: 3 articles2026-06-21: 3 articles2026-06-22: 3 articles2026-06-23: 3 articles2026-06-24: 3 articles2026-06-25: 3 articles2026-06-26: 3 articles2026-06-27: 3 articles2026-06-28: 2 articles2026-06-29: 2 articles2026-06-30: 2 articles2026-07-01: 2 articles2026-07-02: 2 articles2026-07-03: 2 articles2026-07-04: 3 articles2026-07-05: 2 articles2026-07-06: 2 articles2026-07-07: 2 articles2026-07-08: 2 articles2026-07-09: 2 articles2026-07-10: 2 articles2026-07-11: 2 articles2026-07-12: 2 articles2026-07-13: 2 articles2026-07-14: 2 articles2026-07-15: 2 articles2026-07-16: 2 articles2026-07-17: 2 articles2026-07-18: 3 articles2026-07-19: 3 articles2026-07-21: 3 articles2026-07-22: 3 articles2026-07-23: 3 articles2026-07-24: 3 articles2026-07-25: 3 articles2026-07-26: 3 articles2026-07-27: 3 articles2026-07-28: 3 articles2026-07-29: 4 articles2026-07-30: 2 articles2026-07-31: 2 articles2026-08-01: 2 articles2026-08-02: 2 articles2026-08-03: 2 articles2026-08-04: 2 articles2026-08-05: 2 articles2026-08-07: 3 articles2026-08-08: 3 articles2026-08-09: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-10: 3 articles2026-08-11: 3 articles2026-08-12: 3 articles2026-08-13: 3 articles2026-08-14: 3 articles2026-08-15: 3 articles2026-08-16: 3 articles2026-08-17: 3 articles2026-08-18: 3 articles2026-08-19: 3 articles2026-08-20: 3 articles2026-08-21: 3 articles2026-08-22: 3 articles2026-08-23: 3 articles2026-08-24: 3 articles2026-08-27: 3 articles2026-08-28: 3 articles2026-08-29: 3 articles2026-08-30: 3 articles2026-09-02: 3 articles2026-09-03: 3 articles2026-09-04: 3 articles2026-09-05: 3 articles06-0806-2307-0607-1908-0208-1609-0209-05

The 1 hatched days are gaps in the upstream news archive, not quiet days at Fair Observer: the whole corpus dips on those dates. They are excluded from the median above.

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?host=www.fairobserver.com&top=10"

Publishing rhythm

When Fair Observer actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 221 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 00001: 00102: 00203: 00304: 00405: 00506: 10607: 00708: 00809: 00910: 01011: 61112: 321213: 1211314: 341415: 91516: 141617: 21718: 21819: 01920: 02021: 02122: 02223: 023
Mon: 26MonTue: 26TueWed: 33WedThu: 32ThuFri: 35FriSat: 37SatSun: 32Sun

Sections

Sections come from the publisher's own markup, present on 100% of their articles.

Languages

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish221100.0%

Latest articles

The 18 most recent Fair Observer articles in the index — the same rows the API returns, rendered for humans.

Brazilian 2026 Election: Lula’s Soft Power Skills Threatened by a Hard-Power World
2026-09-05 13:05 UTC · Latin America & the Caribbean · Franthiesco Ballerini
Brazil’s October election matches the polarized 2022 election, with incumbent Brazilian President Lula da Silva polling ahead of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. He has artists’
Filling the European Capability Hole Left by American Decisions
2026-09-05 12:51 UTC · Europe · Helena Schmidt
US President Donald Trump’s decision to halt the deployment of US long-range strike capabilities to Europe has exposed a critical gap in European deterrence against Russi
Why US Military Aid Cannot End Northern Nigeria’s Insurgency
2026-09-05 12:49 UTC · Africa · Mohammed Bello Doka
For the past several months, US forces have successfully engaged and destroyed armed groups operating in northern Nigeria. While the stated goals were accomplished, no am
Iran Trapped Between Authoritarian Rule and Foreign Bombs
2026-09-04 13:46 UTC · Politics · Arash Beidollahkhani
External military pressure on Iran may weaken its infrastructure without creating the democratic future that foreign powers have promised Iranians. Instead, this pressure
Reading the Times (And Not Just the Paper)
2026-09-04 13:33 UTC · Politics · Tom Engelhardt
Can you believe The New York Times buried an article about the recent costliest wildfires in American history in favor of reporting Donald Trump’s goings-on? I can; Trump
Who Gets to Call It Demonic?
2026-09-04 13:21 UTC · Politics · Peter Isackson
In the great antisemitism debate, are those who accuse others of demonizing demonizers themselves? The performative function of the “demonization” charge operates less as
Canada at War: Trade and Trump’s Tariffs
2026-09-03 14:19 UTC · American News · Tom Bateman
Canada faces a stark dilemma as the US, under President Donald Trump’s volatile leadership, imposes tariffs and demands concessions that threaten Canadian sovereignty. Wh
The Need to Promote the Diversification of Farm Incomes in India
2026-09-03 13:33 UTC · Climate change news · Arun Reddy Anugu
India’s reliance on water-intensive rice and wheat cultivation is placing growing pressure on natural resources while limiting smallholder incomes. Diversifying crops and
The Future of AI-Enabled Drone Warfare After the US–Iran Conflict
2026-09-03 13:21 UTC · Middle East News · Sajal Shahid
Technology has always outrun the laws of war, and AI-enabled drones are no different. The recent US–Iran conflict produced 13,000 strikes in 38 days, driven by autonomous
What Happens to the MAGA Solar System Without Its Sun?
2026-09-02 13:10 UTC · Politics · Bálint Szolga
Despite teasing a third term, US President Donald Trump’s movement faces a pivotal crossroads in 2028, mirroring the crisis Hungary’s Fidesz party now confronts. Can a po
Hispanic American Elites and Their Historical Evolution
2026-09-02 13:09 UTC · American News · Alfredo Toro Hardy
This comparative study explores how colonial Hispanic American elites navigated independence, economic shifts and social change. While some elites lost power or faced rej
FO Talks: Making Sense of the Hidden Gold Mines in e-Waste
2026-09-02 13:08 UTC · Videos · Joost de Kluijver
In this episode of FO Talks, Atul Singh and Joost de Kluijver discuss how electronic waste has become an environmental challenge and source of critical materials. Sustain
How Pakistan’s “Dual-Track” Diplomacy Helped to Calm the US-Iran Crisis
2026-08-30 13:32 UTC · Middle East & North Africa · Amina Jabbar
Through coordinated civilian and military backchannel diplomacy, Pakistan played a pivotal role in achieving the US-Iran memorandum of understanding. The memorandum laid
The Fed Should Hold Six Regular Meetings a Year
2026-08-30 13:24 UTC · Economics and Finance · Masaaki Yoshimori
The Federal Reserve should replace its eight-meeting calendar with six regular meetings each year. Simulations indicate that six meetings preserve economic performance co
FO Talks: AI — Expectation vs Reality
2026-08-30 13:15 UTC · Science & Technology · Dirk Lueth
In this episode of FO Talks, Cheyenne Torres and Dirk Lueth, PhD, discuss how artificial intelligence is transforming employment, business and access to expertise. AI wil
How Democracies Traded Political Expertise for Incompetence
2026-08-29 12:36 UTC · Politics · Sika Sadoddin
Voters across the Western world have grown disillusioned with experienced political leaders and turned toward outsiders promising a break from the establishment. The expe
A Disgruntled South Carolinian’s Breakdown of South Carolina’s Republican Senate Runoff
2026-08-29 12:29 UTC · Politics · Spencer Woodall
After Senator Lindsey Graham’s death in July 2026, South Carolina held a special primary to fill his seat. This race highlighted the clash between establishment and non-e
FO Podcasts: Cockroach Chronicles — Making Sense of the CJP
2026-08-29 11:54 UTC · Asia-Pacific · Barun Mohanty
In this episode of FO Podcasts, Ranjani Iyer Mohanty and Barun Mohanty examine how exam irregularities, limited educational opportunities and scarce employment fueled the

Harvest it all

Page through the archive by date. from and to accept YYYY-MM-DD or relative values such as now-7d.

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.fairobserver.com&from=now-7d&size=100"

To poll for new material, keep the timestamp of the newest article you saw and ask only for what came after it:

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.fairobserver.com&from=now-1h&sort=date_asc"

Article bodies come with full_text=true. No key, no quota tier, no header — see the search endpoint for every parameter.

Metadata quality

How well Fair Observer marks up its own pages — useful if you are deciding whether to parse them yourself.

100%
dates from JSON-LD
100%
articles with a byline
100%
articles with sections
224 KB
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 585 min at the median, 1193 minutes at the 90th percentile.

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FAQ

Does Fair Observer have an official API?

Not a public one. This endpoint is the practical alternative: their articles as structured JSON, with title, lead, publication time, section, byline and a link back to the original.

How do I get their RSS feed?

Most publishers expose one at /rss or /feed, but feeds carry only the last few dozen items and drop them within hours. This index keeps 221 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does Fair Observer publish per day?

3 on a median day, measured across 82 days.

Can I use this commercially?

The API is free and unauthenticated. What you may do with the content is between you and the publisher: we return metadata, a lead paragraph and a link, not a licence.