The decision underscored the limits of President Donald Trump’s power to bend the Brazilian judge to his will.

The US State Department has condemned a Brazilian Supreme Court order for the house arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial over an alleged plot to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election.

Opposition lawmakers in Brazil have ended their occupation of the country's parliament in Brasilia after two days of protest over former president Jair Bolsonaro's house arrest. Opposition leader Rogério Marinho said he was ending the protest in the Senate "so that work can continue as normal,