Nexstar Media’s throttling of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show is a massive headache for Disney CEO Bob Iger – but it won’t necessarily be enough to convince regulators to greenlight the local TV giant’s controversial, megabuck merger, On The Money has learned.

The Irving, Texas-based broadcaster – which said Wednesday it will continue to suspend broadcasts of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following the comedian’s return late Tuesday to ABC – faces major hurdles in getting White House approval for its $6.2 billion deal to buy Tegna , a rival broadcaster, sources close to the deal say.

Those include significant opposition from Republicans on Capitol Hill and two right-leaning news networks, One America News Network and more importantly Newsmax. The latter is of particular concern as Newsmax’s C

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