Sessions resigns as attorney general at Trump’s request

Washington • The Latest on President Donald Trump and the midterm elections (all times local to Washington D.C.):2:45 p.m.Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned as the country's chief law enforcement officer at President Donald Trump's request.Sessions announced his plan to resign in a letter to the White House on Wednesday.Trump announced in a tweet that Sessions' chief of staff Matt Whitaker would become the new acting attorney general.The attorney general had endured more than a yea