CHICAGO (WLS) -- A federal judge delayed former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert's sentencing. His attorneys painted a very bleak picture of his health in court Thursday. They said he nearly died ...

CHICAGO, IL -- Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to evading banking laws in a hush-money scheme, averting a potentially lurid trial by agreeing to a deal with federal prosecutors that recommends ...

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, IL -- Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, awaiting sentencing in a hush-money case, had a stroke during the first week of November and has been hospitalized since then, his attorney ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dennis Hastert stumbled into political power amid a Republican sex scandal in 1998 that unexpectedly elevated the husky Illinoisan to a position just two heartbeats away from the presidency. He became ...

Filing discusses "encounters in an empty locker room," "motel room" with minors. — -- Federal prosecutors late tonight revealed disturbing, new details about alleged decades-old sexual abuse by ...

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

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 ...

House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) yesterday rebuffed calls to resign his leadership role, which have come from conservatives and liberals alike, but public ruptures in the ranks of the House ...

Speaking to hundreds of supporters outside the Kendall County Courthouse in his northern Illinois district, Hastert thanked staff, supporters and voters who helped keep him in office for 20 years.