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Dennis Hastert, disgraced ex-House speaker, dies at 84
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 highest-ranking elected official in U.S. history to serve time in federal prison, and Congress still conducts busines
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Both outlets lead on Dennis Hastert’s death at 84, but CBS News foregrounds the “disgraced” description and notes he was later jailed for violating banking laws. The Hill uses a neutral former-speaker framing and adds that he died at home of natural causes, a detail attributed to the Kendall County coroner in its extract.
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