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Jeff Sessions resigns as attorney general and is replaced by a Trump loyalist, Matthew Whitaker. And the midterms bring the first major White House shake-up since Democrats won control of the House.

Following the shooting this year at a Parkland, Fla. high school, there is evidence of a surge in voter registration and early voting among young voters, energized by the issue of gun control.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been forced out of the Justice Department. The man replacing him for now, Matthew G. Whitaker, has a record of criticizing the Russia probe.

Almost 100 million years ago, when the South Atlantic Ocean was young, giant reptiles prowled the seas. Scientists have found a trove of these ancient creatures in the African nation of Angola.

Ryan Deitsch survived the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and then co-founded March For Our Lives to try to get young people to vote. He talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about midterm results.

With Tuesday's takeover of the House by Democrats, Rep. Adam Schiff will likely become chair of the House Intelligence Committee. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Schiff about questions he still has regarding President Trump and Russia.

With control of the House, Democrats now can fulfill promises to investigate wrongdoing in the Trump administration, and overhaul political money and ethics laws.

In Georgia, the Republican candidate for governor, Brian Kemp, is leading. Democrat Stacey Abrams says she will not concede until every vote is counted in one of the most contentious races in the U.S.

President Trump says he's willing to work with Democrats when they take over the House of Representatives. And while there are areas of common ground, there are also vast obstacles to cooperation.

Sessions was an early Trump supporter, but he quickly lost the president's favor after recusing himself from the Russia investigation. Democrats immediately expressed concern about the probe's fate.