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Details: Written by ROBERT JABLON, WILLIAM MATHIS, Associated Press; Published: 13 November 2016

People participate in an anti-Trump protest in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. Thousands of people marched in streets across the United States on Saturday, continuing protests of Donald Trump’s election as president that started the day after his surprising victory. Several thousand people marched through downtown streets Saturday to condemn what they saw as Trump's hate speech about Muslims, pledge to deport people in the country illegally and crude comments about women. (Walt Mancini/The Pasadena Star-News via AP)

Video: Bernie Sanders on Donald Trump's election

Details: Written by VIVIAN SALAMA, Associated Press; Published: 12 November 2016

Then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion on national security in his offices in Trump Tower in New York, with Ret. Army Gen. Mike Flynn, left, Ret. Army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, August 2016. Trump’s transition team is rich with lobbyists, a climate change-denier and an ex-federal prosecutor involved in the mass firings of U.S. attorneys. Kellogg has been working closely with Trump adviser Flynn, advising the Trump campaign on matters relating to foreign policy and national security. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Lobbyists, a climate change denier and Reagan and Bush-era Republican insiders are the new favourites

Details: Written by JOSH BOAK, DAVID McHUGH and JOE McDONALD, AP Business Writers; Published: 09 November 2016

In this Wednesday Nov. 2, 2016, file photo, job seekers attend a New York Department of Citywide Administrative Services job fair, in New York. When he is sworn into office, President-elect Donald Trump will inherit a much sturdier economy than the one Barack Obama took into his second term four years ago. The job market, with steady hiring and just 4.9 percent unemployment, has proved durable and pay is finally accelerating -- but the global financial market fluctuated wildly after Trump's election was announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Stocks stabilized Wednesday morning, but U.S. Treasury notes lost value

Details: Written by JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent; Published: 09 November 2016

President-elect Donald Trump smiles as he arrives to speak at an election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

View her concession speech

Details: Written by  JILL COLVIN, Associated Press; Published: 08 November 2016

supporter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds up a sign during his election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Trump rides his movement to vindication and the White House

Details: Written by Jazmin Goodwin, Howard University News Service; Published: 08 November 2016

Terry Garrett, 48, center, voted for the first time. She was joined by her two daughters, Iterria Garrett, left, and Candace Garrett, right. She had been denied the right to vote since she was 18 after being convicted of a felony.

Newly enfranchised Virginia voters reflect on law restoring their voting rights

Details: Written by JULIE PACE, LISA LERER and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press; Published: 07 November 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton waves to members of the audience after speaking at The Armory at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, N.H., Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump blitzed through battleground states Monday in a final bid to energize supporters

Details: Written by JULIE PACE, LISA LERER, JILL COLVIN, Associated Press; Published: 06 November 2016

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton in the clear with two days until the election

Details: Written by MICHAEL CATALINI, Associated Press; Published: 06 November 2016

Trial included allegations he knew more than he admits about plot to punish Democratic mayor

Details: Written by ALAN FRAM, Associated Press ; Published: 05 November 2016

Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans seem likely to keep their House majority in the Nov. 8 elections, though it’s expected to shrink. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Clinton looks unlikely to win big enough to sweep Democrats lower on slate to victory

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