Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are making their last pitches to voters as voters go to the poll to the next President of the United States of America.
The Republican Party has won control of the Senate in the US mid-term elections, increasing their power over US politics for the final two years of Barack Obama presidency.
A number of counties in northern California are considering breaking away to form their a 51st state of America called Jefferson, due to a perceived lack of representation in California’s state legislature.
Democrats won elections in New York and Virginia, and moderate Republican Chris Christie was re-elected in New Jersey as the American public blamed the recent government shutdown on the no-compromise far-right Republicans in the polls.
President Barack Obama has signed a bill, previously passed by both the Senate and the House, to reopen the government and raise the federal debt limit to avoid a government default.