US midterm election a crucial test for Donald Trump

Votes were being counted across half the United States as the energy and outrage of the Democratic resistance faced off against the brute strength of President Donald Trump's GOP in a fight for control of Congress and statehouses across the nation.
Fundraising, polls and history were not on the president's side. But two years after an election that proved polls and prognosticators wrong, an air of uncertainty and stormy weather across parts of the country clouded the outcome of high-stakes elections from Florida to Alaska and everywhere in between.