Politics● LowOct 5 · Oct 5, 2026, 1:52 PM
Disgraced former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dead at 84
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Eight years after stepping down from Congress, his standing crumbled when details surfaced regarding his abuse of young boys while employed as a high school civics teacher and wrestling coach between the 1960s and early 1980s
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