Supreme Court conservatives on rise as important term begins

Disputes over a wedding cake for a same-sex couple and partisan electoral maps top the Supreme Court's agenda in the first full term of the Trump presidency. Conservatives will look for a boost from the newest justice, Neil Gorsuch, in a year that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said will be momentous.

Chief of staff Priebus? Some Trump loyalists still dubious

In this Nov. 9, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump stands with Republican National Committee Chairman, incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, right, and Vice President-elect Mike Pence, during an election night rally in New York. When Trump tapped Priebus as his chief of staff, Republican leaders welcomed the prospect of a close ally having a top White House job.

‘Flyover country’ chooses a champion

In this Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign state at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in Eau Claire, Wis. In his victory speech, Trump called them America's "forgotten men and women", the workers from the coalfields of Appalachia to the hallowing manufacturing towns of the Rust Belt who propelled him to an improbable victory.

Clinton presses into Arizona, Trump focuses on Florida

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Reverend Samuel Delevoe Memorial Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Reverend Samuel Delevoe Memorial Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016.