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The lead up to the US midterms has been rocked this week by at least 12 pipe bombs being panted in homes and offices of prominent Democrats, CNN and a liberal billionaire. On Tuesday night,

Secret Service personnel found a pipe bomb inside a plain mail envelop with envelope with a bubble-wrapped interior addressed to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Hours later, a

bomb packaged in a similar way was found in mail addressed to former president Barack Obama. The bombs did not get any way near their intended targets, and neither contained a written

message, according to law enforcement officials. However, the discoveries resulted in other undetonated devices being found elsewhere - although a motive is not yet known. This included in

the mailroom at CNN’s New York headquarters, as well as New Jersey senator Cory Booker and former intelligence chief James Clapper. US President Donald Trump tweeted today his Republican

party are still doing “so well” in early voting for the Midterms. He wrote: ““Republicans are doing so well in early voting, and at the polls, and now this ‘Bomb’ stuff happens and the

momentum greatly slows – news not talking politics. “Very unfortunate, what is going on. Republicans, go out and vote!”  WHAT ARE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS?  The midterms fall during the middle

of a president’s four-year term.  Members of the public will vote for new members of Congress, which makes US law and is made up of two chambers. These are the House of Representatives and

the Senate, which work together to write and pass laws. Both the house and the Senate are ruled by the Republican Party, which supports President Donald Trump. In these midterm elections,

voters will elect members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, although this will not be in equal measure. In the house of representatives, there will be 435 seats in the

House up for grabs, as one party needs 218 to be in control.  In order for the Democrats to make some changes in the House of Representatives, they will need to take at least 23 seats from

the opposition.  Over in the Senate, only 35 out of the total 100 are up for grabs, as the duration of sitting senators is staggered. Of those 35, nine are currently Republican and 24 are

Democrat. Of the two houses - House of Representatives and Senate - it is more likely the Democrats will take the House of Representatives.