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  "id": 12182658,
  "title": "Ex-US House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/ex-us-house-speaker-dennis-hastert-dies-at-84",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-10-05T15:45:50.000Z",
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  "summary": "Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has died at the age of 84, officials said Monday. Hastert, whose political career ended in disgrace after he admitted sexually abusing teenage boys he had coached, died at his home in Illinois on Saturday night while receiving hospice care, according to the […] Ex-US House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84",
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        "title": "Former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies, aged 84",
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        "title": "Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84",
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