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An emboldened president and his allies have launched a vigorous campaign to use levers of government to intimidate an increasingly fragmented and polarized media, experts say.

China will feel emboldened to take Taiwan while US resources are tied up pursuing Trump’s hemispheric expansion, prompting Trump and Putin to offer Xi “a deal.”

What is not in dispute is that what played out in Kern County offers a glimpse into the “emboldened” approach to immigration enforcement that is expected to become the norm under the Trump administration.

With a conservative majority in the Supreme Court and anti-abortion activists emboldened, the current administration is expected to push policies that further restrict reproductive health care.

An interim administration is currently in charge but there are concerns that Islamist groups, which had been pushed to the fringes, have become emboldened again.