The FBI and Denver police are investigating threats to the Colorado Supreme Court justices who last week ruled that former President Trump cannot appear on the state's ballots in the 2024 presidential election.
The big picture: A Denver Police Department spokesperson told Axios on Monday evening that officers are "providing extra patrols around justice's residences" in the city following the threats against the justices who found the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause applied to Trump in relation to his actions surrounding the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to continue waging war against Hamas in Gaza, despite a growing number of international calls for a ceasefire.
Driving the news: While visiting Israeli troops in northern Gaza, Netanyahu said: "Whoever talks about stopping, there is no such thing."
Pope Francis addressed the Israel-Hamas war and raised his concerns about Jesus' message of peace during Christmas Eve mass on Sunday evening.
What he's saying: "Tonight, our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war, by the clash of arms that even today prevents him from finding room in the world," Francis said during his homily watched by some 6,500 people in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, and more viewing screens outside in the square.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday warned former President Trump risks losing the 2024 election if he becomes the Republican presidential nominee and focuses on the 2020 results instead of sharing his political vision.
Driving the news: Graham said during an ABC interview he thinks the Republican presidential primary front-runner will become the GOP nominee and eventually be on the ballot in Colorado despite the state's Supreme Court decision last week to remove him, which the Trump ally said was "political."
