Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid undergoes surgery for pancreatic cancer

Harry Reid.
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Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been receiving treatment for pancreatic cancer, The Nevada Independent reported. On Monday morning, Reid underwent surgery as part of this treatment, a development first reported by George Knapp, a reporter for Las Vegas' local CBS affiliate KLAS-TV.

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Shivani is the editorial assistant at TheWeek.com and has previously written for StreetEasy and Mic.com. A graduate of the physics and journalism departments at NYU, Shivani currently lives in Brooklyn and spends free time cooking, watching TV, and taking too many selfies.