These are the top stories the Cheat Sheet team is watching: The Delta variant of COVID-19 looks to run amuck in unvaccinated areas; Afghan officials are upset that Americans left bases abruptly; Women from the Philippines have filed complaints of modern-day slavery in against a Saudi prince in France; Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates will join the English department at Howard University; Some people in the RNC did not want to vote for Donald Trump in the 2020 election—and supposedly, they didn’t.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.