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26 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Raw Story · Left · News report
WFMY News 2 (Tegna, Greensboro) · Center · News report
The Jerusalem Post · Center-right · News report
SEE THE HEADLINES
Dennis Hastert, who served as House speaker longer than any other Republican but later was sent to prison in a hush-money case, has died at 84 years old.
Hastert, sentenced in April 2016 to 15 months in prison for bank fraud for trying to cover up payments to keep his molestation secret, died at his home over the weekend due to natural cause...
CBS News set off a firestorm of criticism over its announcement on social media that disgraced former House speaker Dennis Hastert has died at 84. The longest-serving Republican House speak...
He admitted to sexually abusing five boys as young as 14 when he was a high school wrestling coach.
He fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach
Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican speaker in U.S. history who later admitted sexually abusing several teenage boys, died Saturday at 84. The big picture: Hastert was the highes...
Dennis Hastert, a former House speaker who was jailed for violating banking laws, has died, an Illinois coroner said. He was 84.
If you're like me, you're shocked that this dude was still alive.
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...
ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career...
David Hume Kennerly / David Hume Kennerly, Getty Images Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, whose political legacy unraveled in a hush-money scandal involving his sexual abuse of te...
Dennis Hastert, who served as House speaker longer than any other Republican but later was sent to prison in a hush-money case, has died
‘Pronounced deceased at his residence while under hospice care’
Former Republican U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert died over the weekend at the age of 84. Hastert died at his home due to natural causes, according to the Kendall County, Illinois, Corone...
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
Former U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert who served time in prison for a hush money case, has died at age 84
Dennis Hastert, who served as House speaker longer than any other Republican but later was sent to prison in a hush-money case, has died.
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who later admitted to sexually abusing children while a high school wrestling coach before entering politics, died over the weekend at his home.
Former Republican Rep. Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving GOP House Speaker, died at 84 after a career marred by his bank fraud conviction.
Dennis Hastert, who served as House speaker longer than any other Republican but later was sent to prison in a hush-money case, has died
Former Congressman Dennis Hastert, a Republican leader whose career ended in disgrace when he was accused of molesting five boys, has died. The post JUST IN: Ex-Republican Congressman and H...
Dennis Hastert, the nation's longest-serving Republican House speaker, who helped turn much of President George W. Bush's agenda into law before his own political legacy was forever fouled...
Dennis Hastert, who served as House speaker longer than any other Republican but later was sent to prison in a hush-money case, has died.
Former Rep. Dennis Hastert, who spent eight years as House speaker and later served prison time for scheming to cover up sexual abuse allegations, is dead.
Former United States House Speaker Dennis Hastert died over the weekend at the age of 84. Hastert died of natural causes at his home, according to the Kendall County coroner. Hastert was se...
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