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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal judge on Thursday ordered two men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to stand for a retrial, nearly three months after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict on their guilt. Prosecutors pushed to hold new trials for Grand Rapids resident Adam Fox, 39, and Delaware trucker Barry Croft, 46, after two of their alleged co-conspirators in the plot were found not guilty. But defense attorneys for Fox and Croft argued there is insufficient evidence to convict the defendants of kidnapping conspiracy or agreeing to use a weapon of mass destruction. C…