Big Tech sets lobbying records under Trump

By the numbers:

• Facebook spent a record $11.51 million, up 34% from its spending in 2016.
• Apple spent $7.07 million, a new record and up 51% from last year.
• Google's spending rose 17% to $18.04 million — falling just short of the record $18.22 million it spent when under antitrust investigation in 2012.
• Microsoft's lobbying fell 2% to $8.5 million.