August 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT
Americans don't buy Netanyahu's lie about Gaza hunger crisis

Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that's driving politics.

A man-made famine in Gaza

On Tuesday, a United Nations-affiliated organization released a damning report about the "worst-case scenario for famine" occurring in the Gaza Strip. Over 20,000 children have been treated for severe malnutrition, and at least 16 child deaths have been tied to starvation. Israel's blockade of aid is the primary cause of the crisis, with the director-general of the World Health Organization referring to the mass starvation as "man-made." 

 

August 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM EDT
Cartoon: Not a fairytale

A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related | Americans move away from the Republican Party

 

August 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT
What a DHS post says about white womanhood and the American empire today

"There's a deliberate kind of deception being practiced here that is really cynical and really dangerous," a historian tells the 19th. Published by The 19th

 

August 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT
What a DHS post says about White womanhood and the American empire today

"There's a deliberate kind of deception being practiced here that is really cynical and really dangerous," a historian tells the 19th. Published by The 19th

 

August 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT
What a DHS post says about white womanhood and the American empire today

"There's a deliberate kind of deception being practiced here that is really cynical and really dangerous," a historian tells the 19th. Published by The 19th

 

August 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT
Unplanned parenthood and other horrors confront Medicaid patients in California

Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a national lawsuit to halt Republicans' war on Californians. By Mark Kreidler for Capital & Main

 

August 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT
Unplanned parenthood and other horrors confront Medicaid patients in California

Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a national lawsuit to halt Republicans' war on Californians. By Mark Kreidler for Capital & Main

 

August 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT
Unplanned parenthood and other horrors confront Medicaid patients in California

Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined a national lawsuit to halt Republicans' war on Californians. By Mark Kreidler for Capital & Main

 

August 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM EDT
Cartoon: Shredstein

A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | New poll finds Trump in hot water over Epstein scandal

 

August 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT
Cuts to food benefits stand in the way of RFK Jr.'s goals for a healthier national diet

By Renuka Rayasam for KFF Health News Belinda McLoyd has been thinking about peanut butter.

 

August 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT
He was asked about tattoos and TikTok video in court. Five days later, he was in Salvadoran prison.

Albert Jesús Rodr?guez Parra was one of more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. After his release, he says he wants the world to know what happened to him. By Melissa Sanchez for ProPublica

 

August 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT
He was asked about tattoos and TikTok video in court. Five days later, he was in Salvadoran prison.

Albert Jesús Rodr?guez Parra was one of more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. After his release, he says he wants the world to know what happened to him. By Melissa Sanchez for ProPublica