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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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Trump administration urges judge to toss states' lawsuit over abortion pill

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Washington — The Trump administration on Monday urged a federal district court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration's actions expanding access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone.

Justice Department lawyers wrote in a filing with the U.S. district court in Amarillo, Texas, that the three states pursuing the lawsuit — Missouri, Idaho and Kansas — should not be able to do so in that court. The administration is pursuing a request initially made by the Biden administration last year in the closely watched...
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Americans used to be steadfast in their support for Israel. Those days are gone

  • News source: BBC News - World
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To many, the close relationship between the US and Israel seems permanent and unshakeable
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Ukraine claims strike in Russia's Kursk amid reports of fresh incursion

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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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Newark air traffic controllers briefly lost contact with planes, union says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The incident led to multiple employees being placed on trauma leave, contributing to hundreds of delayed or diverted flights.
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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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How Russia took record losses in Ukraine in 2024

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Last year was the deadliest for Russian forces since the start of the full-scale war with at least 45,287 killed.
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Watch: BBC reports from pier 33 - the gateway to Alcatraz

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As Trump orders the reopening of the notorious prison, Lily Jamali takes a closer look at what draws tourists there.
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California Dems run ads against GOP on sex trafficking bill after blocking penalties for teen solicitation

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A series of Facebook ads funded by the California Democratic Party is claiming that Republicans are against stronger laws to protect 16- and 17-year-old sex trafficking victims amid a legislative fight over a minor solicitation bill in which Democrats successfully forced the exclusion of harsher penalties for the purchase or solicitation of older teens.

The ads began appearing on social media after a vote in the California Assembly last week when Democrat leaders refused to move forward with AB 379, which would have made it an automatic felony to...
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DOJ investigating ‘anti-Catholic’ Washington state law requiring clergy to report child abuse

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A law signed by Washington State Gov. Bob Ferguson last week that requires members of the clergy to report confessions of child abuse or neglect is under scrutiny, as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened a civil rights investigation into whether the law violates the First Amendment.

The Evergreen State’s new law adds "members of the clergy" to a list of professionals who are required to report information obtained through confessionals that relate to child abuse or neglect, to law enforcement or other state authorities.

The law provides...
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Republicans squabble over Trump spending plan as Fiscal Year 2026 looms: 'Stay until we pass it'

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President Donald Trump is proposing staggering spending cuts.

In his budget request for fiscal year 2026, the president demands that Congress slash an eye-popping 20% of spending which lawmakers allocate each year.

"You're going to see $150 billion (in cuts) passed in the House and the Senate. That is real money," said Budget Director Russ Vought on Fox News. "I think for the first time, this budget is not dead on arrival."

To be clear, the budget which Mr. Trump sent to Capitol Hill is aspirational. All presidential budgets are. It’s what a...
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Hegseth orders ‘historic’ reduction of general officers in the military

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that the U.S. military will soon be seeing a dramatic reduction in the number of general officers across all branches.

He called the reduction a "historic" move to fulfill President Donald Trump’s commitment to "achieving peace through strength."

"We’re going to shift resources from bloated headquarters elements to our warfighters," said Hegseth.

According to Hegseth, there are currently 44 four-star and flag officers across the military, making for a ratio of one general to 1,400 troops...
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Trump administration to cut off new research grants to Harvard

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Washington — The Trump administration said Monday it would cut off all new federal research grants to Harvard University in the latest escalation of its battle with the school.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to send a letter to Harvard informing the Ivy League university that it is not eligible for any new federal grants until it meets the administration's demands.

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Hegseth orders 20% reduction of four star generals and admirals

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered a minimum 20% reduction of four-star generals and admirals across the military, he said in a memo addressed to senior Pentagon leadership.

He also ordered at least 20% of general officers in the National Guard and 10% of all flag and general officers to be cut. In the one-page memo, which was posted on the Defense Department's website, Hegseth said that to "drive innovation and operational excellence, the military must be "unencumbered by unnecessary bureaucratic layers that hinder their growth and...
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Is Trump's plan to reopen notorious Alcatraz prison realistic?

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to turn Alcatraz back into a prison.
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Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen a day after missile attack near airport

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A spokesman for the Houthi-run health ministry said at least 21 people were injured in the attack.
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