Biden, McCarthy meet to discuss debt ceiling issues
February 1, 2023
The meeting did not expect to reach any agreements and both said they plan to meet again to try and reach an agreement well before the debt ceiling deadline.
The child molester among us
May 6, 2016
In 1987, I sat down for a bowl of chili and a beer (or two or three) with a newly-elected Congressman and his chief aide
Former Speaker Hastert headed for prison
April 27, 2016
Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced
Hastert’s sordid sexual abuse of students
April 9, 2016
Dennis Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million to a person the former House speaker sexually abused when the victim was a 14-year-old wrestler on a
Hastert set for court appearance
June 9, 2015
Dennis Hastert is set to appear in court Tuesday for the first time since an indictment nearly two weeks ago alleged the former U.S. House
Some Q&A on Dennis Hastert’s sex mess
June 3, 2015
The federal judge presiding over former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s hush-money case donated money to the then-Illinois congressman, but he has not said whether
Hastert facing judge, former contributor
June 2, 2015
Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is set to make his first court appearance in his hush-money case on Thursday, when he is expected to
Hastert paid millions to conceal sexual molestation
May 30, 2015
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert paid hush money to conceal claims that the Illinois Republican sexually molested someone decades ago, a person familiar with the
Ex-House Speaker Hastert indicted for paying hush money
May 29, 2015
Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million in hush money to keep a person from the town where he was a
What scandal was Hastert trying to hide?
May 29, 2015
A newly unveiled indictment against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert accuses the Illinois Republican of agreeing to pay $3.5 million in hush money to