Mary Anastasia O’Grady

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Mary Anastasia O’Grady

The average voter in the capital was asked to choose 51 judges out of 293 candidates. Mexico held elections Sunday to fill nine seats on its new Supreme Court, five seats on its new judicial disciplinary tribunal, half the seats on federal circuit and district courts, and two vacancies on the Federal Electoral Tribunal. Learning the full results could take a week or more. The rest of the circuit and lower-court bench will be elected in 2027.

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Mary Anastasia O’Grady

Mr. Xi’s Latin gathering was no free-trade bonanza. Rather, China made a point to publicize its preference for Latin suppliers over Americans and its intention to continue influence-buying with loans. Given Chinese corruption, this isn’t likely to end well. But in the meantime, U.S. security risks will go up. Brazil is so far the biggest Latin American winner in the Trump trade war.

1 month ago | myemail.constantcontact.com | Patrick Tucker |Joshua Zeitz |Amy Knight |Mary Anastasia O’Grady

Quotes of the Day:“The world is full of frightened little children. Being frightened, they frighten each other. Try to understand.”– William Saroyan“The library book had been burning a hole in his rucksack; at Oklahoma City he noticed a postal box at the freight depot and, on impulse, dropped the book into it.

1 month ago | wallstreetjournal-ny.newsmemory.com | Mary Anastasia O’Grady

SHARE SHARE Does Bukele Have a Pact With MS-13? Not many illegal immigrants are as useful to politicians these days, on both sides of the aisle, as “ M a r y l a n d man” Kilmar Ábrego García, who was born in El Salvador. The Trump administration deported him to his homeland on March 15, despite an immigration-court order prohibiting it because a federal judge found Mr. Ábrego García harbored credible fears for his life there.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Mary Anastasia O’Grady

Two U.S. indictments allege that the gang and the Salvadoran president cooperate. Not many illegal immigrants are as useful to politicians these days, on both sides of the aisle, as “Maryland man” Kilmar Ábrego García, who was born in El Salvador. The Trump administration deported him to his homeland on March 15, despite an immigration-court order prohibiting it because a federal judge found Mr. Ábrego García harbored credible fears for his life there.