Nicole Silverio, Capitol Hill Reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation, joins host Jeff Chidester to unpack a busy week of political drama and policy fallout on Capitol Hill and beyond.

First, Nicole provides an inside look at Speaker Mike Johnson’s narrow floor victory, where two moderate House Democrats crossed party lines to save GOP procedural votes from being derailed by conservative defectors.

The conversation then shifts to the House Ethics Committee’s investigation and subsequent 413-2 vote to censure North Carolina Republican Representative Chuck Edwards over sexual misconduct and harassment allegations involving former aides.

Finally, Jeff and Nicole examine the fallout in the Maine Senate race regarding a controversial state corrections policy that allowed transgender-identifying male inmates into female facilities—a policy linked to severe harassment and sexual assault allegations against female prisoners.