Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: August 3, 2020

Good afternoon! These are the top 5 stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: The Republican party is looking pretty nervous and unsure of a Trump win in November, anti-Muslim Anthony Tata is handed a Pentagon role by President Trump days after he's snubbed by Congress, anti-abortion centers were awarded federal funds during the pandemic—unlike Planned Parenthood affiliates which were told to return any governmental funding, Fox News' ratings dropped during civil-rights icon's funeral, and a drug-smuggling cat escapes a high-security prison in Sri Lanka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices