Subject: Trump and Ryan tout progress in their awkward 'unity' dance
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Welcome to the CNN Politics Nightcap and good Thursday night from Washington, where Donald Trump wrapped up a flurry of meetings designed to bridge his gaps with House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Capitol Hill GOP fixtures. And President Barack Obama's signature health care law suffered a blow in court. Your bartender is Eric Bradner (http://www.cnn.com/profiles/eric-bradner?cid=nl_pol_071915_profile?sr=nl_pol_072215_bradner) . The tip jar: [email-masked] (mailto:[email-masked]) .

** Trump, Ryan tout progress in their awkward 'unity' dance
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House Speaker Paul Ryan didn't endorse Donald Trump after their highly anticipated meeting, but there were signals the two could patch up their differences, report CNN's Manu Raju and Jeremy Diamond (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/11/politics/paul-ryan-donald-trump-meeting/index.html) . Trump said nothing to the press assembled outside his meetings, but did offer on Twitter: "Great day in D.C. with @SpeakerRyan and Republican leadership. Things working out really well!" Ryan shared his take in his weekly news conference, telling reporters: "This is our first meeting. I was very encouraged with this meeting, but this is a process. It takes some time. You don't put it together in 45 minutes."

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was in the room. He told CNN's Dana Bash: "I think they had very good chemistry between the two of them."

Here's the real test: Ryan and Trump disagree on trade, entitlements, immigration, tax reform and much more. Can the two find a way to bridge those differences?

Trump was busy on Capitol Hill. He also met with the full House GOP leadership team, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his leadership team and several other GOP senators. He also visited his campaign attorney Don McGahn's Jones Day law office in Washington, where he met former Secretary of State James Baker, a key GOP foreign policy validator.

Meanwhile, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid was on the floor hammering McConnell, saying (https://twitter.com/AJentleson/status/730779646128721920) that since McConnell is "embracing Trump, you can only assume he agrees with Trump's view that women are dogs and pigs."

It all amounted to quite a scene on Capitol Hill, writes CNN's Stephen Collinson (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/12/politics/donald-trump-2016-washington-ryan-visit/index.html) .

** Cruz returns to the Senate GOP -- and gets a classic McCain ribbing
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Ted Cruz was on hand when Senate Republican leaders briefed members of their conference on their meeting with Donald Trump -- but he didn't say much there, a senator in the room told CNN's Manu Raju, except to offer a joke: "To be honest with you, I didn't want to come back." Arizona Sen. John McCain shot back with a joke of his own: "We didn't want you to either."
Buzzing

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1313426775337589
Republican Jon Keyser, a leading candidate in a primary race to challenge Sen. Michael Bennet, is imploding as he tries to deflect questions about voters who said their names were forged on the list of signatures he turned in to get on Colorado's ballot. His comments at a forum (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVi7XxtUsIU&feature=youtu.be) Thursday were bad -- but the follow-up with local reporter Marshall Zelinger (https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1313426775337589) was worse.

Straight Up

** "A bright woman without the courage of her convictions."
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-- Jon Stewart to David Axelrod, in his "Axe Files" podcast (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/09/politics/jon-stewart-david-axelrod-trump-clinton-axe-files/index.html) , delivering a brutal -- but, The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza argues, accurate (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/12/jon-stewart-perfectly-diagnosed-the-problem-with-hillary-clintons-candidacy/?postshare=2181463080350331&tid=ss_tw) -- assessment of Hillary Clinton.
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Last Call

** Trump campaign disavows butler who called for Obama to be killed
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From CNN's Jeremy Diamond (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/12/politics/donald-trump-butler-barack-obama/index.html ) : Donald Trump's campaign is disavowing the real estate mogul's former butler after he said on Facebook that he wants President Barack Obama to be killed. Anthony Senecal, who served as Trump's butler for 17 years and now takes groups on tours of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, wrote in a Facebook post Wednesday that Obama "should have been taken out by our military and shot as an enemy agent in his first term," according to Mother Jones (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/trump-butler-anthony-senecal-facebook-kill-obama) , which first reported on Senecal's post.

Senecal, 84, confirmed he wrote the post to CNN on Thursday, but disputed one point: "I think I said 'hung.'" He added: "Either way, I don't care. Hanging, shooting -- I'd prefer he'd be hung from the portico of the White House, or as I call it, the white mosque."

** Judge rules in favor of Republicans in Obamacare challenge
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From CNN's Ariane de Vogue (http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/12/politics/obamacare-court-challenge-republicans/index.html) : A federal judge has ruled against the administration in a challenge to a portion of the Affordable Care Act brought by the Republican-led House of Representatives. U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer, who was appointed to the bench by former President George W. Bush, sided with the House in the separation-of-powers battle but said she would stay her ruling pending the Obama administration's appeal.

At issue is the "cost sharing" provision that requires insurance companies offering health plans through the law to reduce out-of-pocket costs for policyholders who qualify. The government offsets the added costs to insurance companies by reimbursing them. But lawyers for the House argued that Congress did not properly approve the money for those reimbursements. Collyer agreed, writing, "Congress is the only source for such an appropriation, and no public money can be spent without one."

** Rubio running again in Florida? Staff says he was only kidding
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Marco Rubio caused a bit of a stir in an interview with Talking Points Memo's Lauren Fox (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rubio-knows-exactly-when-the-filding-deadline-is-to-run-for-florida-senate) , who'd asked if he was tempted to reverse course and run for re-election to the Senate this year. "I'm not focused on that," Rubio said. Reminded that he has until June to change his mind, Rubio made it clear he knows exactly when his deadline is, replying: "June 24."

Queue up the speculation? Nah, a Rubio spokesperson told Fox afterward. "It was a joke. He’s going to serve out the rest of his Senate term and become a private citizen in January 2017," the spokesperson said.

** Biden wanted Elizabeth Warren as his vice president
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Long before Vice President Joe Biden decided against running for president, he knew who he'd want on his ticket: liberal firebrand Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator. Politico's Glenn Thrush and Annie Karni report (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/joe-biden-elizabeth-warren-223104) that Biden "favored Warren because he needed a partner to capture the wave of anti-bank, anti-establishment anger raging to his left."
Tipsy

https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan/status/730800938466856962?lang=en
House Speaker Paul Ryan's judgment on his "most important meeting" Thursday varies wildly from every media outlet everywhere.

Closing Time

Ben Carson says he's leading the outreach (http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/279727-carson-to-lead-trumps-outreach-to-former-presidential) to Donald Trump's vanquished GOP primary foes, trying to get them behind the presumptive nominee. ... The Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity is spending big (http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/koch-group-targets-renee-ellmers-223124) to unseat a sitting Republican member of Congress for the first time, targeting North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers. ... John Boehner on the fallout (https://twitter.com/MattMEgan5/status/730784757210959873) he's faced for calling Ted Cruz "Lucifer": "I got criticized by some satanic organization for giving Lucifer a bad name."
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