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  "id": 12158553,
  "title": "Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sex Scandal, Dies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/dennis-hastert-powerful-politician-disgraced-by-child-sex-scandal-dies",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T13:38:27.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/obituaries/dennis-hastert-dead.html"
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  "summary": "The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Dennis Hastert dies at 84: How former House Speaker’s career ended in scandal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/dennis-hastert-dies-at-84-how-former-house-speakers-career-ended-in",
        "published": "2026-10-05T14:59:54.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}