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Trump says "I don't know, I'm not a lawyer" when asked if everyone is entitled to due process

By Kiki Intarasuwan / CBS News
May 4, 2025 / 10:02 PM EDT / CBS News

President Trump said he doesn't know if everyone in the U.S., citizens or non-citizens, is entitled to due process — the constitutional command stated in both the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendment.

"I don't know. I'm not, I'm not a lawyer. I don't know," Mr. Trump told NBC News' Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press" after she asked him whether he agreed that everyone on U.S. soil is entitled to due process in the court of law.

When asked by Welker in the interview aired Sunday if he thinks he has to uphold the Constitution as president, Mr. Trump also said, "I don't know."

"I have to respond by saying again, and I have brilliant lawyers that work for me, and they are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said," Mr. Trump said.

His comments come as he discussed the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the El Salvadoran native who is married to a U.S. citizen and was living in Maryland before the Trump administration mistakenly deported him in March. Immigration and Customs Enforcement admitted in a court filing that the deportation of the Baltimore father was an "administrative error" and an "oversight."

Last month, a federal judge and the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the U.S., but Abrego Garcia remains in a detention facility in Santa Ana, El Salvador, after spending almost a month at the country's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). ...

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NIH lays off hundreds more staff, including at cancer research institute

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The National Institutes of Health has laid off hundreds more staff, multiple current and laid-off employees of the health agency told CBS News, including at its cancer research institute.

Around 200 employees began receiving layoff notices Friday evening, said three people who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The move surprised NIH officials, since the department previously claimed no further cuts were planned at the agency.

"We thought the worst was behind us, and we were transitioning into this new phase, and the rug was just pulled out from...
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19 states sue over Trump administration's mass HHS layoffs

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Over a dozen states sued the Trump administration Monday for laying off thousands of Health and Human Services staffers, urging a court to reverse job cuts that they argue brought work at large swaths of the Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-led health agency to a "sudden halt."

The lawsuit — filed in Rhode Island federal court by New York, California, 17 other states and Washington, D.C. — claims the Trump administration has sought to "dismantle" HHS through layoffs that disproportionately hit "disfavored work and programs," like the Centers for Disease...
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Gov. Brian Kemp says he won't run for Georgia Senate seat

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will not seek the GOP nomination in next year's Georgia Senate race, a key contest for control of Congress' upper chamber as Republicans look to unseat vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.

In a post on X, Kemp said, "Being on the ballot next year is not the right decision for me and my family."

He added that he spoke with Senate GOP leadership and President Trump and "expressed my commitment to work alongside them to ensure we have a strong Republican nominee who can win next November."

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The story of Leng Wong, one of Minnesota's first Hmong refugees

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Minnesota is built by immigrants who've enriched the state with diversity and innovation. One of those groups is the Hmong community.

Minnesota is home to the largest Hmong population in the country, and it all started nearly 50 years ago when the Vietnam War ended with the fall of Saigon.

Months after the fall, Leng Wong fled his home of Laos months after serving as a military officer in the Lao Armed Forces during the Secret War, a clandestine operation where the CIA recruited and trained thousands of Hmong men to fight on behalf of the U.S...
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French minister apologises to Liverpool fans over Champions League chaos

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Gérald Darmanin admitted it was a "mistake" to point the finger at Liverpool fans for the security breakdown at the 2022 final.
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Cable thefts leave thousands stranded on Spanish trains

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Copper thieves halt services from Madrid to the southern region of Andalusia.
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Ukraine claims strike in Russia's Kursk amid reports of fresh incursion

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Kyiv says it struck a drone command centre in border village and insists forces remain inside Russian region
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Syrian security forces monitored armed civilians who killed Alawites, accused man says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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One man accused of killing an Alawite during the sectarian violence in March tells the BBC that armed civilians were advised and monitored by government forces.
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How big is Alcatraz? And other facts about the infamous prison Trump wants to reopen

  • News source: Noreen O'Donnell
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President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he wanted Alcatraz to be returned to use as a maximum-security prison even though it has been closed for more than 60 years.

It stopped functioning as a prison in 1963 and was turned into a national park a decade later. It is one of the country's most popular, drawing more than 1.4 million visitors each year, and has been designated a National Historic Landmark.

Here are some other facts about the notorious former prison.

Its outsized place in the public's imagination aside, the island on which the prison...
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White House says 'no final decisions' made on foreign moviemaking tariffs as Trump weighs 'national security'

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The White House said Monday "no final decisions" have been made regarding the Trump administration's planned tariffs on foreign moviemaking, as one expert welcomed the potential action as a reprieve for the American film industry.

"Although no final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made, the Administration is exploring all options to deliver on President Trump’s directive to safeguard our country’s national and economic security while Making Hollywood Great Again," White House spokesperson Kush Desai said in a statement to Fox News...
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Former National Weather Service leaders warn about budget cuts

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The five living former National Weather Service leaders wrote and released an open letter to the American people warning about the impact of staffing and program cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, saying their "worst nightmare" is the cuts will lead to "needless loss of life."

Since the beginning of the year, more than 550 employees have left the National Weather Service, leaving it down 10% of its staffing levels ahead of hurricane season and the busiest time of year. And the proposed budget released by the White House...
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Romanian PM resigns and pulls out of coalition after nationalist vote win

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Marcel Ciolacu told his colleagues their government had no credibility after presidential elections.
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Trump to announce DC will host 2027 NFL draft

  • News source: Mark Segraves, News4 Reporter and NBC Washington
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President Donald Trump plans to announce Monday that D.C. will host the 2027 NFL draft, as first reported by Axios and confirmed by NBC News.

The goal is to hold the 2027 NFL draft on the National Mall, according to a source familiar with the plans.

Trump is expected to make the announcement alongside NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris and other Commanders executives.

According to the president's official schedule, he is planning to make a "sports announcement" at 1 p.m. in the Oval Office.

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Deadline looms allowing left-wing court to select US attorney as state AGs urge confirmation of Trump pick

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Twenty-two state attorneys general sent a letter to Senate leaders on Monday urging lawmakers to swiftly confirm President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, ahead of a May 20 deadline, when judges on a court led by Trump-antagonist Judge James Boasberg could select a temporary replacement.

"To put it bluntly, the District of Columbia is broken. And four years of corruption, mismanagement, and derelictions of duty in the U.S. Attorney’s Office under President Biden’s...
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Trump says he had ‘productive’ call with Turkey’s Erdogan about Russia-Ukraine war, Gaza

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump on Monday said he held a "productive" call with Turkish President Recep Erdogan on a range of topics, including the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump shared details of the call in a post on his TRUTH Social platform.

"I just had a very good and productive telephone conversation with the President of Turkey, Recep Erdoğan, concerning many subjects, including the War with Russia/Ukraine, all things Syria, Gaza, and more," Trump wrote.

The president added that he is looking forward to working with Erdogan to end the...
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