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Chris Sommerfeldt

First lady Melania Trump undergoes kidney surgery

First lady Melania Trump underwent kidney surgery Monday and is expected to stay in the hospital for several days, her spokeswoman said.

Trump had been experiencing issues with her kidney and was admitted at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for an "embolization procedure," the first lady's communications director, Stephanie Grisham, said in a statement.

"The procedure was successful and there were no complications," Grisham said, characterizing the 48-year-old first lady's kidney condition as "benign."

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