Judge delays ruling on Trump’s request for special master to review evidence seized by FBI – as it happened

Hearing wraps in Florida as judge will enter a written order at some point, but does not indicate timeline

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Joe Biden is preparing to leave the White House for Pennsylvania, where he will address the country in a primetime speech tonight about the continued battle for the soul of the nation".

Mindful there are fewer than 10 weeks until November's midterm elections, the president has ramped up his rhetoric in recent days against so-called Maga Republicans, extremists in the party and Donald Trump supporters he says have put democracy in the US at risk.