In new White House, a look at Trump's inner circle

Trump has empowered a small group of advisers, some of whom have no experience in government, to tackle a broad range of issues — including national security, the immigration policy, U.S. relations with Mexico and plans to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law.

The inner circle includes loyal campaign aides, his son-in-law (Jared Kushner) and the advisers who ran Trump's populist, outsider bid for office.

Every major decision at the new White House has involved Bannon, a media executive who became Trump's top political adviser in a shakeup in August and quickly infused Trump's campaign with an anti-establishment fervor.

Considered a "first among equals" in the competing power circles in Trump's West Wing, Kushner often has the last word as his father-in-law makes decision and, as family, has unprecedented access to the president in the White House residence.

At the White House, Kushner has played a key role dealing with foreign government officials and Trump has entrusted him to resolve the dispute with Mexico over the border wall and has indicated that he will take the lead in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

The longest-serving chairman in Republican Party history, Priebus remains popular among RNC members and will help Trump stay connected with members of Congress, the party's establishment, fundraisers and activists across the nation.

The veteran Republican pollster served as Trump's final campaign manager, joining the team with Bannon last summer at a crucial time for the insurgent campaign.

After White House press secretary Sean Spicer claimed that Trump had the "largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period," Conway defended him on NBC's "Meet the Press," arguing that he was giving "alternative facts."

Conway, who also advised Vice President Mike Pence when he was Indiana governor, is using the West Wing office once occupied by former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, who led the former president's outreach to the U.S. business and political community.