Fractured GOP leadership faces tension over abortion and spending cuts.

Centrist Republicans are pushing back against Speaker Kevin McCarthy's conservative policies, with some questioning the party's stance on abortion. The personal friction among senior GOP leaders is starting to show, despite the top trio's public attempts at a united front. The spat between two rank-and-file Republicans illustrates the immense pressure that McCarthy and his top deputies are under as they try to muscle through conservative policies with a five-seat majority. Losing ground on more agenda items would risk compounding the embarrassment that party leaders faced in recent days.