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A day after news that a second healthcare worker in Texas has Ebola, members of Congress grilled Centers for Disease Control and Prevent Director Tom Frieden about the federal response.

The Conversation talked with a military spouse about the uncertainty of being in a Waikīkī hotel for so long. She was set to be out of the hotel by Friday, but that has now been extended indefinitely.

Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken faces a second allegation that he groped a woman. And, Rep. Diana DeGette told of an experience where a former member of Congress tried to kiss her in an elevator.

Congress is continuing to respond to the #MeToo movement. The House passed two bills that would change how allegations of sexual harassment for members and staffers are reported and how payouts are handled.

The American Red Cross of Hawaii is seeking shelter volunteers, medical professionals and disaster action team members. Volunteers or anyone who needs assistance from the Red Cross will not be turned away due to vaccination status, but a quarantine area will be set up for anyone exhibiting symptoms.

Doctors who treat Medicare patients will face a huge cut, 21 percent, if Congress doesn't act by the end of the month. House leaders now think they fix a problem that has plagued Congress since 1997.

Altogether, Believing is an elegant, impassioned demand that America see gender-based violence as a cultural and structural problem that hurts everyone, not just victims and survivors.

The second floor of the Longworth congressional office building is taking holiday decorations to a whole new level.

National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice briefs House and Senate Republicans on the situation in Iraq. The closed-door briefing comes near the end of a series of Congressional hearings examining troop deployment extensions, military costs and the planned June 30 transfer of power to an Iraqi government. Rice also met with some Senate Democrats in a meeting that was arranged at the last minute. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

The acting director of the Secret Service made his first appearance before a congressional committee on Wednesday following a security breach that led to the resignation of the previous chief.