The Hill Articles: May 1, 2011

Ryan Medicare plan defender Betsy McCaughey challenged GOP senators push for regime change in Libya; Graham backs targeting Gadhafi This week: Spending to dominate rhetoric, but not floor time Trump says jokes about him by Obama, Meyers were ‘inappropriate’ Skipping a markup of the Gang of Six proposal would be risky McCain: Obama won’t succeed making Trump the face of the Republican Party Sony apologizes, will restore parts of the PlayStation Network Rubio says no to a possible VP spot on the Republican ticket Axelrod: Undisclosed donors necessary for Dems in ‘the system we have’ Analysts: Defense spending dip due to budget standoff Lobbyist: Forcing contractors to disclose donations injects politics into policy Rubio: Democrats shouldn’t criticize Ryan plan until they have one of their own Ryan: Crowds at town halls getting bigger Van Hollen: Obama should release oil reserves to bring down gas prices Endeavour flight postponed Bachmann: ‘How we get there’ on Medicare is open for discussion Meyers skewers Obama, Trump and DC Dinner tweets: Trump steals the show Obama takes on allies and opponents with correspondents’ dinner jokes