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Former Speaker Dennis Hastert Reaches Deal with Prosecutors

Posted by on Oct 15th, 2015

Attorneys for Dennis Hastert the former House Speaker said on Thursday that he was planning to plead guilty to one indictment that has alleged he agreed to pay $3.5 million of hush money to cover up his wrongdoing from many years ago. John... More of this article »
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Kevin McCarthy Drops Out of Bid for House Speaker, Vote Postponed

Posted by on Oct 8th, 2015

Kevin McCarthy the Majority Leader of the House abruptly pulled out of the Speaker of the House race on the day it was widely expected he would be nominated for that same position. McCarthy told a field of reporters that if the Republicans... More of this article »