Trump Loses Access to Millions of Viewers Ahead of First Campaign Rally

Former President Donald Trump stands to lose millions of cable news viewers for his rallies ahead of a planned event in South Carolina this weekend, potentially robbing him of a large cohort of his base as he seeks to begin his presidential campaign within the early voting state in earnest.

After days of rumors, cable carrier DirecTV announced this week it would be dropping the conservative cable news channel Newsmax from its list of offered channels, saying the network's demands for rate increases as part of its negotiating package "would...