U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned the Brazilian judge overseeing case against former President Jair Bolsonaro days after the State Department revoked visa.

FileU.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday slapped a 50% tariff on most Brazilian goods,some of the steepest levied on any economy in the U.S. trade war.However, Trump softened the blow by excluding sectors such as aircraft,

By Luciana Magalhaes and Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is overseeing a criminal case against an ally of President Donald Trump, told a court session on Friday that he will continue to do his job and "ignore the sanctions" imposed by the United States that effectively block him from the country's wide-reaching financial system.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over alleged suppression of freedom of expression and the ongoing trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian banks are scrambling to assess the domestic fallout from sweeping U.S. sanctions against a Supreme Court justice who oversees a criminal trial against an ally of President Donald Trump,

The bipartisan legislation was introduced as tensions soared between Washington and Moscow, which has spurned President Donald Trump’s bid to end the Ukraine war.

After August 8, Donald Trump's new devastating tariffs and sanctions will leave Russia without friends or trading partners, effectively cutting off its ability to finance the war, states US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker in an interview with Newsmax TV.

Donald Trump claimed Russia is losing 7,000 soldiers each week on the frontline of the Ukraine war and insisted Russia's actions are 'disgusting'