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WTOP News API, RSS and sitemap

Every article WTOP News publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 18,602 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

United StatesEnglish#174 by volume

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

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

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and WTOP News headlines come back as JSON.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=wtop.com&size=5"
18,602
articles indexed
4,959
in the last 30 days
208
median per day
1
languages
77 min
median crawl lag
09.06 → 25.08
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 78 days. The busiest hour is 20:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-06-09: 335 articles2026-06-10: 377 articles2026-06-11: 335 articles2026-06-12: 315 articles2026-06-13: 227 articles2026-06-14: 230 articles2026-06-15: 324 articles2026-06-16: 367 articles2026-06-17: 394 articles2026-06-18: 349 articles2026-06-19: 262 articles2026-06-20: 222 articles2026-06-21: 189 articles2026-06-22: 290 articles2026-06-23: 366 articles2026-06-24: 375 articles2026-06-25: 340 articles2026-06-26: 298 articles2026-06-27: 223 articles2026-06-28: 183 articles2026-06-29: 246 articles2026-06-30: 92 articles2026-07-01: 165 articles2026-07-02: 149 articles2026-07-03: 158 articles2026-07-04: 114 articles2026-07-05: 132 articles2026-07-06: 133 articles2026-07-07: 127 articles2026-07-08: 152 articles2026-07-09: 130 articles2026-07-10: 164 articles2026-07-11: 132 articles2026-07-12: 122 articles2026-07-13: 81 articles2026-07-14: 126 articles2026-07-15: 121 articles2026-07-16: 130 articles2026-07-17: 123 articles2026-07-18: 131 articles2026-07-19: 75 articles2026-07-20: 64 articles2026-07-21: 139 articles2026-07-22: 197 articles2026-07-23: 156 articles2026-07-24: 123 articles2026-07-25: 157 articles2026-07-26: 99 articles2026-07-27: 185 articles2026-07-28: 414 articles2026-07-29: 513 articles2026-07-30: 193 articles2026-07-31: 114 articles2026-08-01: 100 articles2026-08-02: 136 articles2026-08-03: 299 articles2026-08-04: 459 articles2026-08-05: 413 articles2026-08-06: 597 articles2026-08-07: 309 articles2026-08-08: 181 articles2026-08-09: gap in the upstream archive, the whole corpus dips2026-08-10: 328 articles2026-08-11: 330 articles2026-08-12: 403 articles2026-08-13: 374 articles2026-08-14: 326 articles2026-08-15: 188 articles2026-08-16: 192 articles2026-08-17: 249 articles2026-08-18: 376 articles2026-08-19: 391 articles2026-08-20: 355 articles2026-08-21: 313 articles2026-08-22: 208 articles2026-08-23: 205 articles2026-08-24: 276 articles2026-08-25: 264 articles06-0906-2207-0507-1807-3108-1308-25

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

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

Publishing rhythm

When WTOP News actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 18,602 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 9380001: 6720102: 7780203: 5210304: 7230405: 3680506: 3220607: 2750708: 7160809: 4070910: 8901011: 7531112: 6781213: 5681314: 9771415: 6861516: 9021617: 7991718: 8141819: 9081920: 1,6372021: 1,3822122: 1,0672223: 82123
Mon: 2,475MonTue: 3,395TueWed: 3,501WedThu: 3,108ThuFri: 2,505FriSat: 1,883SatSun: 1,735Sun

Sections

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

Languages

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish18,602100.0%

Latest articles

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

Nevada demanda al Gobierno de Trump por recortes de agua “catastróficos” mientras se agrava la crisis del río Colorado -
2026-08-25 20:55 UTC · Latest News · CNN
La semana pasada, el Gobierno de Trump anunció importantes recortes a la cantidad de agua que Arizona, California y Nevada pueden extraer del río Colorado…
El Gobierno de Trump amenaza con demoler el Kennedy Center si no se permiten las renovaciones - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:55 UTC · Latest News · CNN
El Kennedy Center podría tener que ser demolido y reemplazado por un espacio de espectáculos al aire libre si su edificio actual no puede someterse a amplias…
Music Review: Busta Rhymes and J Dilla’s ‘Dillagence II’ sees 2 giants of the genre together again - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:51 UTC · National News · The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty years ago, in 2006, Detroit producer J Dilla died from complications from lupus. He was 32. The hip-hop visionary…
Bruno Fernandes and Khadija Shaw win player votes as the best in English soccer last season - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:50 UTC · Sports · The Associated Press
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Bruno Fernandes was voted as the men's player of the year in English soccer for last season at the Professional Footballers’…
Top tennis stars team up for the U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament, in photos - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:50 UTC · National News · The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the best tennis players in the world will play doubles specialists in the revamped 16-team U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament. A $1…
Strattec Security: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:48 UTC · Latest News · The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE (AP) — MILWAUKEE (AP) — Strattec Security Corp. (STRT) on Tuesday reported earnings of $3.9 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis…
Wholesale Cash Prices - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:48 UTC · Latest News · The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Wholesale cash prices Tuesday Mon Tue Broilers – National comp wtd. avg. 1.1678 1.1678 Cheddar cheese, blocks, Chicago lb. 152.75 152.75 Coffee…
NCAA approves Automated Ball/Strike system option for baseball next season - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:45 UTC · Sports · The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Automated Ball/Strike system has been approved for use next season in all divisions of college baseball, the NCAA announced Tuesday.
Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:33 UTC · Latest News · The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly higher Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn was up 10 cents at $5.01 a bushel. Sept. wheat gained 3.
How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 8/25/2026 - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:28 UTC · Latest News · The Associated Press
Oil prices fell again, which helped ease worries in the bond market and support stock prices. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% Tuesday and edged closer to its all-time…
Intuit: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:28 UTC · Latest News · The Associated Press
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Intuit Inc. (INTU) on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $363 million. The Mountain View…
NCino: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:22 UTC · Latest News · The Associated Press
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — NCino, Inc. (NCNO) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $5.1 million. The Wilmington…
Zoom: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:18 UTC · Latest News · The Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Zoom Communications Inc. (ZM) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $1.54 billion. On a per-share…
Semtech: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:16 UTC · Latest News · The Associated Press
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Semtech Corp. (SMTC) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $160.1 million. On a per-share…
Editorial Roundup: United States - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:15 UTC · National News · The Associated Press
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 24 The Washington Post says Americans and Canadians are losers in the escalating trade…
7 Best Recent and Upcoming IPOs in 2026 - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:07 UTC · Latest News · U S News; World Report
While the bloom is off the rose on big spring and summer initial public offerings, such as Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s (ticker: SPCX) June 12 debut…
7 Best Funds for Retirement - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:07 UTC · Latest News · U S News; World Report
The asset-management arm of Goldman Sachs has been busy making large acquisitions in the U.S. exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry. On April 2, 2026…
The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists - WTOP News
2026-08-25 20:07 UTC · National News · The Associated Press
From front page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today's top photos, chosen by Associated Press photo editors.

Harvest it all

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

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

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=wtop.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 WTOP News 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
91 KB
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 77 min at the median, 1633 minutes at the 90th percentile.

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FAQ

Does WTOP News 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 18,602 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does WTOP News publish per day?

208 on a median day, measured across 78 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.