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TPM – Talking Points Memo API, RSS and sitemap

Every article TPM – Talking Points Memo publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 525 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

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Four ways to pull talkingpointsmemo.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 talkingpointsmemo.com, newest first. Add q= to search inside.

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

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and TPM – Talking Points Memo headlines come back as JSON.

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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=talkingpointsmemo.com&size=5"
525
articles indexed
165
in the last 30 days
7
median per day
1
languages
240 min
median crawl lag
25.06 → 22.09
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 83 days. The busiest hour is 12:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-06-25: 8 articles2026-06-26: 6 articles2026-06-27: 2 articles2026-06-29: 10 articles2026-06-30: 12 articles2026-07-01: 10 articles2026-07-02: 8 articles2026-07-03: 4 articles2026-07-04: 2 articles2026-07-05: 1 articles2026-07-06: 9 articles2026-07-07: 10 articles2026-07-08: 12 articles2026-07-09: 12 articles2026-07-10: 4 articles2026-07-11: 2 articles2026-07-12: 2 articles2026-07-13: 9 articles2026-07-14: 6 articles2026-07-15: 12 articles2026-07-16: 8 articles2026-07-17: 9 articles2026-07-18: 1 articles2026-07-19: 1 articles2026-07-20: 9 articles2026-07-21: 9 articles2026-07-22: 8 articles2026-07-23: 9 articles2026-07-24: 7 articles2026-07-25: 1 articles2026-07-27: 9 articles2026-07-28: 11 articles2026-07-29: 7 articles2026-07-30: 13 articles2026-07-31: 6 articles2026-08-01: 1 articles2026-08-03: 11 articles2026-08-04: 11 articles2026-08-05: 10 articles2026-08-06: 9 articles2026-08-07: 10 articles2026-08-08: 2 articles2026-08-09: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-10: 7 articles2026-08-11: 7 articles2026-08-12: 15 articles2026-08-13: 8 articles2026-08-14: 7 articles2026-08-15: 2 articles2026-08-17: 6 articles2026-08-18: 9 articles2026-08-19: 5 articles2026-08-20: 7 articles2026-08-21: 5 articles2026-08-22: 2 articles2026-08-23: 1 articles2026-08-24: 10 articles2026-08-25: 9 articles2026-08-26: 8 articles2026-08-27: 6 articles2026-08-28: 3 articles2026-08-29: 2 articles2026-08-30: 1 articles2026-08-31: 5 articles2026-09-01: 8 articles2026-09-02: 10 articles2026-09-03: 8 articles2026-09-04: 5 articles2026-09-05: 1 articles2026-09-07: 2 articles2026-09-08: 8 articles2026-09-09: 6 articles2026-09-10: 11 articles2026-09-11: 6 articles2026-09-12: 1 articles2026-09-14: 6 articles2026-09-15: 13 articles2026-09-16: 8 articles2026-09-17: 8 articles2026-09-18: 8 articles2026-09-19: 1 articles2026-09-21: 5 articles2026-09-22: 6 articles06-2507-0907-2208-0608-2009-0209-1709-22

The 1 hatched days are gaps in the upstream news archive, not quiet days at TPM – Talking Points Memo: 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=talkingpointsmemo.com&top=10"

Publishing rhythm

When TPM – Talking Points Memo actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 525 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 100001: 40102: 70203: 40304: 00405: 00506: 00607: 00708: 00809: 10910: 41011: 121112: 861213: 381314: 491415: 641516: 311617: 401718: 421819: 291920: 532021: 512122: 162223: 923
Mon: 98MonTue: 119TueWed: 111WedThu: 115ThuFri: 80FriSat: 20SatSun: 7Sun

Sections

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

Languages

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish550104.8%

Latest articles

The 18 most recent TPM – Talking Points Memo articles in the index — the same rows the API returns, rendered for humans.

Durbin Responds to GOP Sen’s Request for Don Jr Probe: ‘Corruption Must Never be Tolerated’
2026-09-22 21:50 UTC · Where Things Stand · Nicole LaFond
A Republican member of the Senate broke party ranks on Monday in a letter to the chair and ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Committee…
Missouri Dismisses Hail-Mary Lawsuit to Gain More Political Power, Confident Trump Admin Will Do What it Wants
2026-09-22 20:15 UTC · News · Layla A Jones
The state of Missouri early this year sued the Department of Commerce to force something that would have once been considered radical: That the federal…
We Didn’t Know Until This Day … Twitter Was the Echo Chamber All Along
2026-09-22 17:46 UTC · The Backchannel · Josh Marshall
Daniel Drezner says we are now in the Wile E. Coyote phase of the 2026 midterm, the phase of six weeks or so in which everyone knows the GOP is toast but we…
LOL: Bill Pulte Dug Into Todd Blanche’s Mortgages
2026-09-22 15:24 UTC · Morning Memo · David Kurtz
Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte didn’t just gin up mortgage fraud cases against Trump foes. He also reportedly targeted Todd Blanche.
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
2026-09-22 12:43 UTC · News · Allegra Kirkland; William Turton; Avi As
This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as…
Congress Declares Its Opposition to Vought’s Latest Scheme
2026-09-22 12:12 UTC · The Brief · John Light
Top appropriators in Congress responded yesterday to White House OMB Director Russ Vought’s latest attempt to install political appointees as the final arbiters…
News Organizations Band Together in White House Boycott
2026-09-21 21:58 UTC · Where Things Stand · Nicole LaFond
The news outlets that make up the TV pool that covers the White House and the president’s schedule joined together on Monday to announce that they would not be…
Things Fall Apart (in the Middle East): The Donald Trump Story
2026-09-21 18:43 UTC · The Backchannel · Josh Marshall
One of the key arguments for a great power — other than the great power itself wanting to be one — is that they act as a guarantor of stability and the status…
Homan Stumps for Georgia GOPers by Promoting ICE Brutality in Speech to Evangelicals
2026-09-21 17:55 UTC · Cafe · Sarah Posner
In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and politics in the United States. This column is part of Cafe…
ICE Involved in Two Violent Incidents Over the Weekend
2026-09-21 14:39 UTC · Morning Memo · David Kurtz
We start today with two incidents that are reminiscent of the peak Trump administration violence during mass deportation operations back in the winter,
Russ Vought’s Latest Scheme to Tighten His Grip on Federal Grants
2026-09-21 12:09 UTC · The Brief · John Light
The White House’s attempts to clamp down on government funding — in direct defiance of Congress, which has largely rolled over — have become sort of cyclical.
How GOP Infighting Put the Spotlight on a Far-Right Secret Society of Influential Christian Men
2026-09-19 12:00 UTC · The Weekender · Josh Kovensky; Derick Dirmaier; Allegra
[Report] It usually doesn’t take a lot, but Erick Erickson managed to do it this week: cause the far-right to melt down online. He published an article on his…
In New York, Greg Bovino Says DHS’ ‘Light Touch’ Allowed Minneapolis ‘Lawlessness’
2026-09-18 19:06 UTC · News · Josh Kovensky
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Greg Bovino knows Minneapolis is a problem. The former CBP sector chief, who now styles himself “The Commander,” burst into the limelight…
Notes on the Florida Senate Race
2026-09-18 18:38 UTC · The Backchannel · Josh Marshall
I want to flag this poll for you. It’s a poll of the Florida Senate race by St. Pete Polls, a mid-tier regional pollster. It shows appointed incumbent Senator…
TPM VIDEO: Talking Don Jr.’s Corrupt Wedding, McConnell’s Return and Sports Stuff
2026-09-18 15:00 UTC · Editors' Blog · Allegra Kirkland
Another weird week in American politics is coming to a close, and TPM investigative reporter Hunter Walker joined publisher Joe Ragazzo to talk about it.
Kennedy Center Saved From Demolition — for Now
2026-09-18 14:03 UTC · Morning Memo · David Kurtz
A federal judge blocked President Trump from demolishing the Kennedy Center—but left unresolved this week’s closure of the building and its ultimate fate.
Exclusive: Census Bureau Directs Staff to Keep Quiet During Comment Period for Controversial New Rule
2026-09-18 12:56 UTC · News · Layla A Jones
Leadership at the Census Bureau has ordered staff to halt all external events related to the 2030 Census amid the agency’s release of a controversial…
Trump’s ‘Willie Horton’ Moment Featured a Story White Nationalists Are Obsessed With
2026-09-18 12:23 UTC · News · Hunter Walker
The president openly embraced a political strategy that’s widely seen as a racist dog whistle.

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=talkingpointsmemo.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=talkingpointsmemo.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 TPM – Talking Points Memo 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
103 KB
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 240 min at the median, 587 minutes at the 90th percentile.

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FAQ

Does TPM – Talking Points Memo 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 525 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does TPM – Talking Points Memo publish per day?

7 on a median day, measured across 83 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.