It's Thursday, December 21st, could getting kicked off a ballot be a winning issue?

We start here.

The Republican Party unites around Donald Trump, including his rivals.

They're saying they want to beat him at the ballot box.

What a Colorado calamity has done to the race.

The US strikes a deal with a regional pariah.

The Biden administration sort of slowly and quietly

has reshaped US policy towards Venezuela. We'll break down a controversial

prisoner exchange and the leader of China apparently told President Biden he's taking back Taiwan.

He would sit across from President Biden and say it right to his face.

But does that mean China is ready to invade.

From ABC News, this is start here.

I'm Brad Milkie.

In a presidential race, when you talk about ballot access, that phrase usually means a

candidate's ability to mount a national campaign.

Like do they have enough resources to meet all the filing deadlines in all 50 states?

Do they have support from the state party and donors and organization?

Well, in the case of former President Donald Trump, the answer to all these questions is undoubtedly yes.

He's got the support, the money, and the backing.

And yet at the moment, if the election were held tomorrow, Trump would be on the ballot in

49 states maximum because when Colorado State Supreme Court

found he engaged in an insurrection in violation of the 14th Amendment, they kicked him off the

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