Publisher excerpt· Money & Economy· 5 October 2026

Dennis Hastert, disgraced former House speaker, dies at 84

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died.

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