(Reuters) - Brazil's left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff has had a mixed relationship with the private sector since she took office on New Year's Day in 2011, with an economy that has struggled after a boom last decade. Full story
Relief aid for Hurricane Sandy was placed on the backburner during the last-minute New Year's Day fiscal cliff negotiations, much to the dismay of several GOP lawmakers. Everyone from N.J. Gov. Chris Christie to Rep. Pete King of New York has been criticial of the move. The Morning Joe panel -- Fort
Top Talkers: The Morning Joe panel – including Time's Mark Halperin, New York Magazine's John Heilemann and CNBC's Jim Cramer – discusses the House's late New Year's Day vote in favor of passing a measure to avert the fiscal cliff and Grover Norquist's response to the vote.
The NOW panel discusses the recent fallout from top GOP lawmakers over relief aid for Superstorm Sandy victims. On New Year's Day, House Speaker Boehner stopped a vote on $60B in relief, and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Rep. Pete King of New York criticized the move.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., joins Morning Joe to discuss the last-minute agreement reached by the House on New Year's Day. The New Yorker's John Cassidy also joins the conversation.
Top Talkers: The Morning Joe panel – including the Huffington Post's Sam Stein, Time's Mark Halperin, the Council on Foreign Relations' Richard Haass and Dan Senor – discusses the House's late New Year's Day vote in favor of passing a measure to avert the fiscal cliff.
Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., joins Alex Witt to discuss the House adjourning New Year’s Day evening before it could take up Hurricane Sandy relief legislation. Rep. Grimm says several business owners will be forced to close as a result and why he will tell House Speaker Boehner a vote is needed as so
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 01: Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) leaves a House Republican Caucus meeting where members considered the legislation that is supposed to blunt the effects of the "fiscal cliff" during a rare New Year's Day session January 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. Vice President
A naked man holding a "Samurai"-type sword was arrested after a bizarre New Year's Day standoff with police in San Jose, California. Police showed the weapons to reporters following the arrest.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 01: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives for a House Democratic Caucus meeting to discuss the legislation that will blunt the effects of the "fiscal cliff" before a rare New Year's Day session January 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. Vice President Joe Biden and Sen
A participant emerges to shore during the annual Polar Bear Plunge at Bradford Beach in Milwaukee, Wisconsin January 1, 2013. Participants braved below freezing temperatures to take the annual New Year's Day dip into Lake Michigan. REUTERS/Sara Stathas (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT
