Task & Purpose API, RSS and sitemap

Every article Task & Purpose publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 117 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

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What this outlet covers, by share of its recent output:

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and Task & Purpose headlines come back as JSON.

curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=taskandpurpose.com&size=5"

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 24 days. The busiest hour is 20:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

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

Publishing rhythm

When Task & Purpose actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 117 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

Sections

Sections come from the publisher's own markup, present on 27% of their articles.

Languages

The site identifies itself under Task & Purpose, Task & Purpose — separate editions publishing under one domain.

Latest articles

The 18 most recent Task & Purpose articles in the index — the same rows the API returns, rendered for humans.

US military disables ad trackers amid concerns over troops’ safety

2026-09-05 15:47 UTC · conflict

US forces hit three Iranian tankers after carrier attacked

2026-09-05 15:33 UTC

Two Navy ships evaded “multiple” ballistic missiles in the Strait of Hormuz. In response, the U.S. military disabled two tankers and sank a third. The post US forces hit

Dozens more troops added to tally of wounded in Iran war amid new strikes

2026-09-04 21:13 UTC

Pentagon officials now say 794 service members have been wounded since the war started on Feb. 28, most of them soldiers in the Army. The post Dozens more troops added to

Official who oversees Corps of Engineers named acting Army Secretary

2026-09-04 20:44 UTC

Adam Telle oversaw the Army Corp of Engineers, which maintain dams, lakes, and waterways. He now will be the Army's top civilian, replacing Dan Driscoll. The post Officia

Dakota Meyer to junior Marines: ‘You all are better than we were’

2026-09-04 18:59 UTC

“As somebody who was in the combat generation, to somebody who's standing in a formation next to these entry-level Marines, I want to tell you: you all are better than we

Acting Navy Secretary tells Marines that suicide is a ‘leadership issue’

2026-09-03 19:18 UTC

In a town hall with Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, the Commandant of the Marine Corps told Camp Lejeune Marines that suicide prevention demands "intrusive leadership" fr

My unit took on Ukraine’s ‘Nemesis’ drone hunters. Here’s what really happened.

2026-09-03 14:47 UTC

An exercise in April was reported as a "drubbing" of an American mechanized unit by Ukrainian drones. A company commander who was there tells Blackhawk Company's side of

Army to spend $465 million on ‘Group 3 killer’ anti-drone laser

2026-09-02 19:12 UTC

The LOCUST X 3, a 30-kilowatt laser, is designed to shoot down the type of drones that U.S. troops in the Middle East have faced since the Iran war began. The post Army t

These 2 Marines are now professional football players

2026-09-02 18:43 UTC

Naval Academy teammates and Marine Corps officers Landon Robinson and Eli Heidenreich both made the final rosters of their NFL teams. The post These 2 Marines are now pro

Top Navy officer says troops should expect ‘longer deployments’ despite 7-month goal

2026-09-01 20:36 UTC

“Until I can grow the Navy we need … longer deployments are going to be probably part of that,” the Chief of Naval Operations told sailors this week. The post Top Navy of

Thousands of US soldiers ruck for a Danish Air Force medal

2026-09-01 12:30 UTC

Soldiers across the Army marched a little more than 12 miles to earn the Danish Flyver ribbon, which can now be worn on U.S. uniforms. The post Thousands of US soldiers r

Sailor asks Navy leaders if service will pay for haircuts under grooming push

2026-08-31 19:33 UTC

In a town hall with the Navy's top admiral and enlisted advisor, sailors asked about long deployments, barracks issues, and a haircut allowance. The post Sailor asks Navy

The Army’s new drone-first soldiers are already graduating from training school

2026-08-31 15:35 UTC

The Army is training about 30 soldiers every week in the 15X Military Occupational Specialty, or MOS, at a training base in Arizona to be tactical unmanned aircraft syste

Iran, US, trade strikes in first fighting in a month

2026-08-31 02:36 UTC

Iranian forces fired missiles at American positions in Jordan following U.S. strikes on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz. The post Iran, US, trade strikes in first fi

Army extends 82nd Airborne Division’s Middle East deployment to a full year

2026-08-30 21:40 UTC

Paratroopers and other soldiers from the division will stay in the region due to “operational requirements” as the Iran war reaches six months. The post Army extends 82nd

Air Force ‘immediately’ stops use of Minuteman III communications testers after chemical exposure

2026-08-30 20:15 UTC

Inspectors found potential traces polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs on several ICBM communications sensors used at F.E. Warren Air Force Base. The post Air Force ‘immedia

Acting Navy secretary orders Marines to bring a family home after military spouse’s plea

2026-08-30 20:01 UTC

Hung Cao directed the Marines to bring a family back to the U.S. after a spouse expressed concern over being stuck in Germany in a divorce. The post Acting Navy secretary

US to pull additional combat troops from Nigeria

2026-08-30 11:24 UTC

Combat forces deployed to fight the Islamic State in Nigeria earlier this year. This is the second drawdown in two months. The post US to pull additional combat troops fr

Harvest it all

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

curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=taskandpurpose.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:

curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=taskandpurpose.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 Task & Purpose marks up its own pages — useful if you are deciding whether to parse them yourself.

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 2762 min at the median, 11496 minutes at the 90th percentile.

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FAQ

Does Task & Purpose 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 117 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does Task & Purpose publish per day?

3 on a median day, measured across 24 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.