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Source: theguardian.com
<p>The Republican, who was sent to prison in 2016 in a hush-money case tied to the allegations, died over the weekend</p><p>Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/republicans" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Republican</a> US House speaker, died over the weekend, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.</p><p>Hastert, who was speaker from 1999 until 2007, died of natural causes at his home, according to Jacquie Purcell, the Kendall county coroner.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/05/dennis-hastert-republican-death" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>
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