Apple, Nvidia and a parade of companies with business before Washington helped bankroll a White House ballroom. Nothing says civic generosity like a donation large enough to require its own regulatory disclosure.
The Supreme Court is deciding whether a Blockbuster-era privacy law still protects people in a world where every website wants to be a tiny surveillance mall.
Washington is taking its preferred solution to hard problems international: rename the thing, applaud the new label, and hope nobody asks about guardrails.
The Supreme Court's latest advertising-rate order concerns the FCC's timetable—not a final merits ruling. That timing still has political consequences.