WASHINGTON—House Republicans are sharply divided over how much government spending they should cut, and the dispute is slowing their plans to reduce taxes and increase border enforcement. On one side: Conservatives who see a rare chance to use full Republican government control to scale back programs such as Medicaid,

DOGE’s Elon Musk should turn his $2-trillion hatchet to wasteful and perilous U.S. nuclear weapons modernization plans

Billionaire Elon Musk was the focus of many in Washington this week, as his Department of Government Efficiency slashed at the federal bureaucracy.

Elon Musk now has access to the $6-trillion U.S. federal payment system, and has other government departments in his crosshairs. Is the richest man in the world launching a soft takeover of the U.S. government?