Brazilian police probe senator close to Lula (opens in new tab)

Police said they carried out 18 raids in three states as part of the probe into the failed Banco Master and shady ties between its director and public figures in Brazil, such as judges and members of Congress. A police source said that the targets of these raids included Jaques Wagner, a close ally of Lula and his government's top representative in the Senate with the job of pushing the president's legislative agenda in that chamber. A Supreme Court order authorizing the raids says Wagner, 75...