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Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84

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Dennis Hastert, the former Speaker of the US House of Representatives and longtime congressman from Illinois, has died at the age of 84, according to the Chicago Tribune. Hastert served as Speaker from 1999 to 2007, the longest-serving Republican in that role. His death is drawing renewed attention to a political career that later ended in a federal hush-money case.

Why now: News of the death of a former Speaker of the House is breaking and prompting wide coverage.

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• Former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert Dies, CBS News Reports · U.S. News & World Report
• Disgraced former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84 · TMJ4 News
• Dennis Hastert, the former US House Speaker from Illinois, dies at 84 · Chicago Tribune

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