Jeff Sessions resigns as attorney general at Trump's request

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned Wednesday as the country's chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks over his recusal from the Russia investigation.Sessions announced his resignation in a letter to President Donald Trump. He said the resignation came at "your request."Trump announced in a separate tweet that he was naming Sessions' chief of staff Matthew Whitaker, a former United States attorney from Iowa, as