Biden steps up rhetoric against Trump and Republicans on Russia

(CNN) — President Joe Biden is using persuasive rhetoric to call on former President Donald Trump and Republicans to push back on Ukraine and Russia. This strategy, which he has executed particularly off-camera at fundraisers and public events, has intensified in recent days as the president seized on House Republicans' refusal to approve additional aid to Ukraine and Donald Trump's refusal to condemn Russia the behavior of. Alexey Navalny, a leading critic of Vladimir Putin, dies. The president took aim at Trump and Republicans this week at a series of fundraisers in California, where he tends to be more liberal…