12 days ago
Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sex Scandal, Dies
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. New York Times Homepage is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 5 Oct 2026, 13:22 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sex Scandal, Dies”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
Story timeline
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- First reported by New York Times Homepage
Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sex Scandal, Dies
- Picked up by New York Times Homepage
Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies
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- The New York Times