President Biden addressed reports that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died, saying, “Russian authorities are going to tell their own story. But make no mistake … Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death.”

The Russian Federal Prison Service  said Navalny, who was serving a sentence on extremism charges in a prison near the Arctic Circle, lost consciousness after a walk and could not be revived by an ambulance crew. 

Biden also said Friday that Navalny’s reported death “reminds us of the stakes of this moment,” and that the U.S. needs “to provide the funding so Ukraine can keep defending itself against Putin’s vicious onslaughts and war crime.”

More headlines from The Hill:

• Schumer knocks Zeldin for comparing Navalny death to Trump prosecution
• Navalny’s wife delivers surprise speech at global security conference 
• Tucker Carlson: ‘No decent person would defend’ what happened to Navalny
• Navalny in final message: ‘You’re not allowed to give up’

A bipartisan group of House members on Friday proposed an alternative to the Senate’s $95 billion funding package for Ukraine, Israel and more after House Speaker Mike Johnson  (R-La.) said he won’t bring the Senate’s proposal up for a vote in the lower chamber.

The House bill contains $66 billion in funding, along with some border policy reforms. The Hill’s Mychael Schnell and Mike Lillis wrote of the bill’s substantial hurdles:

“Not only are conservatives sure to balk at the absence of the many border security measures included in the House-passed GOP bill, known as H.R.-2, but Democrats are certain to oppose both the ‘remain in Mexico’ provision and the exclusion of humanitarian aid for Gaza, Ukraine and other global hotspots.”

Read the full report here.

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