Hawaii volcano destroys 9 homes, spews lava 200 feet upward

This photo provided by Hawaii Electric Light shows Mohala Street in Leiliani Estates near the town of Pahoa on Hawaii's Big Island that is blocked by a lava flow from the eruption of Kilauea volcano. The Kilauea volcano sent more lava into Hawaii communities Friday, May 4, 2018, a day after forcing more than 1,500 people to flee from their mountainside homes, and authorities detected high levels of sulfur gas that could threaten the elderly and people with breathing problems.

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Fountains of lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spew up to 230 FEET high, destroying nine homes after 2,000 residents were forced to evacuate and toxic fumes fill the air Boy, 13, who fractured his skull in seven places is hailed a miracle child for 'coming back to life' after doctors predicted he would be a 'vegetable' and his parents signed papers to donate his organs John McCain reveals he regrets choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate and wishes he went with Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman instead 'You will soon see the historic remorse': Iran's President Hassan Rouhani delivers threat to Trump, declaring the US would regret it 'like never before' if he quits nuclear deal Donald Trump wrote a letter to the UK's David Cameron when he was Prime Minister complaining 'made in China' wind turbines were 'blighting' the Scottish landscape where he owns an 18-hole golf course 'It is ... (more)

As Trump prepares plan to lower drug prices, big pharma girds for a fight

Big Pharma is pouring money into a lobbying campaign to thwart any serious efforts to rein in prescription drug prices before a presidential speech this month where Trump plans to lay out his drug pricing proposals. "There is apprehension across the industry," said Bruce Artim, who retired recently after 11 years as the director of federal affairs at Eli Lilly and Co.

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US President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani says he would not rule out the possibility that payments were made to women other than porn star Stormy Daniels to get them to stay silent about allegations against Trump. Stormy Daniels has made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live to deliver a message to President Donald Trump: "A storm's a-coming, baby."

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Fighting to put a candidate before voters in November, California Republicans strongly preferred businessman John Cox for governor at the party's convention in San Diego this weekend. During an endorsement vote Sunday morning, delegates favored Cox, 55 to 41 percent, over Assemblyman Travis Allen of Huntington Beach.

Rudy Giuliani won’t rule out Trump pleading the Fifth in Russia inquiry

Latest appointee to President Donald Trump's legal team and former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani speaks at the Conference on Iran on May 5, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani wouldn't rule out the possibility that the president could take the Fifth if he testified in the Russia investigation. The former New York City mayor said there was a 50% chance that Trump could be subpoenaed by special counsel Robert Mueller.

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Giuliani: Trump could take Fifth Amendment or not comply with subpoena to testify

President Donald Trump's top personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said he can't rule out the possibility of the president taking the Fifth Amendment if he testifies in the Russia investigation. "How could I ever be confident" that the president won't take the Fifth Amendment, Giuliani said to ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview on This Week on Sunday.

Voters eye Pennsylvania’s wide-open, crowded US House races

In this May 3, 2018, photo, Stephen Bloom, one of eight Republicans running for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 13th District, speaks to a crowd of party faithful at the Southeastern Adams Volunteer Emergency Services social hall, in Hanover, Pa. less In this May 3, 2018, photo, Stephen Bloom, one of eight Republicans running for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 13th District, speaks to a crowd of party faithful at the Southeastern Adams Volunteer Emergency ... more In this May 3, 2018, photo, Doug Mastriano, one of eight Republicans running for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania's 13th District, speaks to a crowd of party faithful at the Southeastern Adams Volunteer Emergency Services social hall, in Hanover, Pa.

Lieberman Hopes Trump Ends Iran Deal Amid Kerry’s ‘Inappropriate’ Lobbying

Calling former President Barack Obama's controversial Iran nuclear deal a "mistake," hoping President Donald Trump pulls out of it, former Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., ripped former Secretary of State John Kerry's lobbying for the deal with Iranians "inappropriate" and a potential violation of the Logan Act. "John Kerry is not negotiating on behalf of the U.S. government, I hope everybody he's talking to knows that, but in my opinion what he's doing is inappropriate and he shouldn't be doing it," Lieberman told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" Maria Bartiromo.

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Unknown persons associated with the Trump administration reportedly hired a private Israeli intelligence agency to run "dirty ops" against two Obama administration officials in an attempt to discredit the Iran nuclear deal, according to a wild new report in The Observer . The agency also seems to have been the same firm that disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein hired to go after women who accused him of sexual assault.

Salena Zito: The 2016 election was far from a fluke. America’s…

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