Brazil's Senate dealt a political blow to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday by rejecting his nomination to the Supreme Court, the first in more than 130 years.

Brazil's Senate on Wednesday rejected the nomination of Solicitor General Jorge Messias for an open seat on the Supreme Court, making President ‌Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva the first leader in more than a century to have a top court nominee rejected by Congress. The chamber rejected Lula's nomination in…