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CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Laura Weiss pore over Sen. Joe Manchin’s surprise deal on the “Build Back Better” revamp.

Photos of the week include statue and portrait unveilings, a baseball game, and a rush to finish work before the August recess.

Members of Congress getting arrested and the final Jan. 6 hearing before the August recess highlighted this week on Capitol Hill.

Democrats are vowing to resist GOP attempts to halt Defense Department training aimed at countering extremist groups.

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s decision to end temporary “safe harbors” for two financial technology companies is raising eyebrows in the community, with some wondering if the agency is committed to promoting financial innovation.

Financial technology firms are worried about the ramifications of a regulator’s decisions to end two temporary safe harbor protections.

This week, CQ Roll Call’s photojournalists focused on post-Fourth of July fireworks at the Jan. 6 panel’s hearing, and more Hill activity.

Giant sequoias — thousand-year-old trees as large as 275 feet tall — came under threat this month from wildfires raging in central California’s Yosemite National Park, though firefighters have reported the blaze was contained before it encroached on trees in the park’s famous Mariposa Grove.