Fractured GOP leadership faces tension over abortion and spending cuts.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his top deputies are facing immense pressure from both conservative hardliners and centrists as they try to push through conservative policies with a five-seat majority. The personal friction among senior GOP leaders is starting to show, despite their public attempts at a united front. Centrists are pushing back against an abortion bill, which would make permanent the abortion limits often shorthanded as the Hyde Amendment. The GOP's fragile peace appears to have fractured, and any stalled floor action when members return next week is bound to cause a spike in House GOP blood pressure.