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The speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, arrives to a news conference after a House Republican meeting in the US Capitol building on 21 July 2026. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
The speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, arrives to a news conference after a House Republican meeting in the US Capitol building on 21 July 2026. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Mike Johnson says he will not pursue House minority leader role – reports

Reported move from Republican speaker of House comes in light of party’s disastrous midterms defeat