Scalise undergoes surgery, remains in serious condition

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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., last month.

U.S. Representative Steve Scalise, who was shot and wounded during a baseball practice last month, has undergone surgery to treat an infection and he remains in serious condition, the hospital said on Thursday.

Scalise, the No. 3 Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, had been readmitted to MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s intensive care unit, the hospital said on Wednesday night.