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  "id": 12154365,
  "title": "Former GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/former-gop-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-at-84",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T12:49:07.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6129087-former-gop-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dead-84/"
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  "summary": "Former GOP House Speaker John Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) died over the weekend at his home “due to natural causes,” according to Illinois’ Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell. Hastert, 84, served as Speaker from 1999 to 2007, until Democrats won back the lower chamber and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) succeeded him. He announced that he would...",
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Dennis Hastert, disgraced former House speaker, dies at 84",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/dennis-hastert-disgraced-former-house-speaker-dies-at-84",
        "published": "2026-10-05T12:57:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84",
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        "title": "Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84",
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        "published": "2026-10-05T13:49:02.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies, aged 84",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/former-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-aged-84",
        "published": "2026-10-05T14:00:42.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/dennis-hastert-longtime-republican-house-speaker-who-went-to-prison-12168808",
        "published": "2026-10-05T14:24:31.000Z"
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