Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Monday, Dec. 21, 2020

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching right now: A mutant form of the coronavirus has the world on edge, California’s governor is back in quarantine, right-wing mobs take over the Oregon State Capitol, U.S. authorities believe Chinese intelligence officials exposed undercover CIA operatives using stolen data, violence is up in Chicago, residents on Hawaii’s Big Island are told to stay inside to avoid ash exposure, and Attorney General William Barr says the federal government has no reason to seize voting machines amid the president’s baseless calls of voter fraud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices