Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Thursday, July 22, 2021

These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: White House officials debate about a new mask mandate; Chinese officials are not thrilled with the idea of a COVID-19 investigation into the Wuhan-lab-leak conspiracy theory; The Olympics start in less than 24 hours and COVID-19 has not slowed down; A Philly cop gets busted for tampering with evidence; Speaking of Philly, someone was shot outside of a famous cheesesteak shop; Simone Biles busts a move that no other gymnast has been able to perform during an Olympic routine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices