Dennis Hastert does not plan to appeal the 15-month prison sentence handed down in a dramatic court hearing late last month, his lead attorney told the Chicago Sun-Times. May 12, 2016 National ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert pleaded not guilty to bank-related charges in federal court in Chicago Tuesday. RAW VIDEO: Dennis Hastert arrives at Dirksen Federal ...

Earlier today, it was reported that former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert was released from prison after serving 13 months of a 15-month sentence. Hastert pleaded guilty in October 2015 to hiding ...

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A Montana woman says the FBI interviewed her last month about her allegations that her brother was sexually abused while in high school by Dennis Hastert, the wrestling coach who would become speaker ...

Fmr Speaker of the House accused of bank fraud linked to purported sex assault. — -- Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert intends to plead guilty to at least one of the charges leveled ...

The 73-year-old former speaker is awaiting sentencing in hush money scandal — -- Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert is recovering from a stroke, his lawyer said Thursday. “[D]uring the first ...

Dennis Hastert, the longest serving Republican Speaker of the House in history, is now in trouble with the feds. He's accused of lying about payments he made to allegedly cover up his own wrongdoing.

The 83-year-old was convicted on 10 counts, including bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud, and using a facility to promote ...

Kevin McCarthy was just the latest in a series of Republican speakers and speaker wannabes who faced revolts. Speaker Mike Johnson should take note. By Carl Hulse The current chaos is not the first ...