Kenneth P. Vogel

The daughter of the president’s chief of staff joined an American businessman in Republika Srpska as he explored a gas pipeline. And six current and former campaign advisers recently traveled there...

James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.

The president issued pardons or commutations to 30 people on Thursday, continuing his unorthodox and unpredictable use of clemency power.

The GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president’s super PAC last month.

At the White House’s request, senators tucked a change sought by the hemp industry into a crucial spending bill. It would benefit the son-in-law of Susie Wiles, the president’s chief of staff.

Expectations were raised for a raft of pardons in connection with the country’s 250th birthday but the president granted fewer than 20 on July 3.