Democratic Denver Mayor Mike Johnston was scolded by his hometown newspaper for “amping up violent rhetoric” with his vow to resist President-elect Trump’s deportation of illegal immigrants. The editorial board at the Denver Post on Monday published an editorial with the headline, “Denver’s mayor was wrong to threaten armed conflict to protect immigrants,” referring to Johnston’s recent suggestion of using the Denver Police to resist federal immigration officials...

The Senate GOP leader on Monday slammed decisions by two federal judges to reverse their announced retirements after Republican former President Trump won re-election in November. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., criticized the pair of “partisan Democrat district judges” after they announced plans to “unretire” after “the American people voted to fire Democrats last month.”  “Looking to history, only two judges have ever unretired after a presidential election....

A House Democratic staff member has lost his job after allegedly trying to bring ammunition into the Cannon House Office Building this week.  Michael Hopkins, the 38-year-old communications director for Rep. Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., was arrested Monday morning by the U.S. Capitol Police.  “In response to this morning’s incident, Mr. Hopkins is no longer employed by Representative Morelle’s office effective immediately,” Jo Stiles, Chief of Staff to Rep....