US attorney general visits El Salvador, amid Trump scorn

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions visited El Salvador on Thursday for meetings on violent gang activity and other cross-border law enforcement issues, stepping away from Washington after days of humiliating online and verbal scorn from President Donald Trump.Sessions was to hold talks on the MS-13 gang active in El Salvador and plaguing parts of the US, as well as on immigration, drugs, and human trafficking, a US Justice Department statement said.The visit comes on the eve of a major speech by