WASHINGTON, D.C.: President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet began taking shape on Friday (Saturday in Manila), with three conservative stalwarts named to fill key national security and judicial posts -- nominations predictably hailed on the right and condemned by Democrats.

Anti-immigration Senator Jeff Sessions, one of Trump’s earliest supporters during the campaign, has been nominated to be attorney general, signaling Trump is prepared to take his hard line on illegal immigration into the White House.

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