The race for the White House is set to rumble on as an increasingly tight race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden emerged on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.
Here is everything you need to know so far.
Donald Trump falsely declares victory
In a baffling address Trump falsely claimed that the election was already won, adding that he would go to the Supreme Court in a bid to suppress mail-in ballots. The president has sought to discredit mail-in ballots on a number of occasions in the buildup to the election.
At the time of writing, Biden has 223 electoral college votes and Trump has 214.
A candidate requires 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
One thing that is clear is that the polls were far from accurate, many had predicted a landslide victory for Biden.
Which states have been called for each candidate?
Polls have been closed in all 50 states and called in 39 states.
States called for Biden: Arizona, Minnesota,California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts,New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington State.
States called for Trump: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming.
Key states for each candidate
The biggest victory so far was Florida, where Trump claimed the win and the 29 electoral votes that come with it.
Trump has also won Ohio which has often been an indicator of which candidate ultimately ends up in the White House.
Biden has claimed a big victory in Arizona (11 electoral votes). This swing state is crucial as Biden could potentially lose Pennsylvania and still go on to win the election if he claims victory in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan will be crucial in deciding who wins the election.
Officials from the three states are still counting ballots. A final result may not be clear today.
How are the House and Senate shaping up?
Democrats look set to extend their control of the US House of Representatives for two more years but with a potentially shrunken majority, as they lost at least six incumbents and failed to oust any Republicans in initial results.
By 3am EST (8am GMT), Democrats’ only gains were two North Carolina seats vacated by Republican incumbents after a court-ordered remapping made the districts more Democratic.
Though the Democrats seem likely to retain House control, the results are developing into a disappointment for the party, which had hoped to make modest gains of perhaps 15 seats.
A Democratic drive to gain control of the Senate fell short.
They needed a gain of four seats but picked up only one Republican held seat, although six races are yet to be announced as of Monday morning.
Will the Supreme Court challenge threaten the result?
This is uncharted territory but it's highly unlikely that Trump's bid to have postal votes discredited will come to anything.
However, in the event of a Trump loss it could lead to a long delay in the result being confirmed.
Biden's campaign have already outlined a legal basis for blocking any bid from Trump to take the presidential election to the Supreme Court.
"If the president makes good on his threat to go to court to try to prevent the proper tabulation of votes, we have legal teams standing by ready to deploy to resist that effort," Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement.
