A Republican US senator from North Carolina has said he will not run for reelection next year, a day after he opposed a sprawling budget bill that is key to President Donald Trump's agenda, BBC reported.
Thom Tillis, 64, announced he would leave Congress because he said independent thinkers in Washington had become "an endangered species".
Trump criticised Tillis on Saturday for not backing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and threatened to support other candidates.
The president has also denounced other fellow Republican lawmakers who oppose his bill, including Senator Rand Paul and congressman Thomas Massie, both of Kentucky, according to BBC.
