{
  "id": 12173933,
  "title": "Dennis Hastert, former House speaker disgraced by molestation allegations, dies aged 84",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/dennis-hastert-former-house-speaker-disgraced-by-molestation",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T14:26:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/05/dennis-hastert-republican-death"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Republican, who was sent to prison in 2016 in a hush-money case tied to the allegations, died over the weekend Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican US House speaker, died over the weekend, a coroner said on Monday. He was 84. Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007, died of natural causes at his home, according to Jacquie Purcell, the Kendall county coroner. Continue reading...",
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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."
}