After the de facto decriminalization of low-level drug offenses in Baltimore, MD in April 2020, there was a significant reduction in low-level, drug-related arrests overall, with the vast majority (82%) of the decline occurring in the Black community.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-06-de-facto-decriminalization-drug-toll.html

And so, it's very much about her mode of operating as a de facto leader of the family now with this very strange creature as part of her life, her child, but who they also know.

Source: https://comicbook.com/horror/news/mayfair-witches-showrunners-talk-exploring-power-family-and-the-talamasca-in-season-2-exclusive/

Beijing claims the de facto independent island as part of China and strongly opposes international recognition of Taiwan as an independent country.

Source: https://houstonianonline.com/taiwan-president-visits-us-and-central-america/

“Bidenvilles of homelessness”: Thanks to Joe Biden’s de facto open-border policy, the massive influx of illegal immigrants has created a surge in homelessness in America’s major cities.

Source: https://patriotpost.us/articles/99365-thursday-below-the-fold-2023-08-03

Biden warmly greeted Saudi Arabia's de facto leader, Mohammed bin Salman, after they appeared together along with several other leaders at the Group of 20 summit Saturday in New Delhi.

Source: https://www.newser.com/story/339937/no-fist-bump-this-time-biden-and-mbs-shake-on-it.html

Businesses making such investments shouldn’t also have to give the government a de facto interest-free loan, especially in a high interest rate environment.

Source: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/26/misguided-and-socialist-policies-contribute-mightily-to-rash-of-layoffs-bleak-economic-outlook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=misguided-and-socialist-policies-contribute-mightily-to-rash-of-layoffs-bleak

But Hamas’s leaders desperately want to recover the de facto veto that Palestinians once had on the concessions other Arabs make to Israel, and this is the only way they might get it.

Source: https://brooksbulletin.com/another-october-war/

But he shifted that formula to now give only 90 cents to the campaign and 10 cents to the PAC, which has served as a sort of de facto legal fund.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/us/trump-pac-legal-fees.html

But it has simultaneously forged ahead with events intended to highlight de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 reform agenda, notably a major investment forum, Riyadh fashion week and a heavyweight boxing bout.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/11/saudi-hosts-gaza-summits-iran-president-regional-fears-mount

C-18 was a domestic propaganda deferred funding bill, that was aiming to move parts of the funding from government budget and toward the people via de facto taxing facebook.

Source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/08/22/2046249/trudeau-denounces-metas-news-block-as-fires-force-evacuations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Earlier, President Zelensky said the majority of NATO members stood together with his country and the Vilnius summit must confirm that Ukraine is a de facto member of the military alliance.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/europe-news/2023/07/11/ukraine-russia-troops-trap-bakhmut/

Graham’s meeting with the crown prince is reflective of the uneasy accommodation the US government has made with the de facto Saudi leader following Khashoggi’s murder.

Source: https://krdo.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2023/04/12/lindsey-graham-has-very-productive-meeting-with-saudi-crown-prince-he-previously-criticized/

Haiti's de facto Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who was not elected to the role but will nonetheless participate in the Nassau meetings, has asked for foreign military intervention — and the United States has previously suggested that Canada could lead one.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/trudeau-arrives-in-bahamas-to-meet-caribbean-leaders-as-haiti-crisis-deepens-6557926

Here’s your de facto American League Championship Series.

Source: https://deadspin.com/tampa-bay-rays-texas-rangers-mlb-world-series-playoffs-1850895643

His amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to end the de facto ban had been signed by dozens of backbench Conservatives, including ex-prime minister Liz Truss and several other former ministers.

Source: https://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/national/23816130.ex-cop26-president-sir-alok-sharma-will-not-stand-next-general-election/?ref=rss

Hopefully that will be a future we have chosen, designed rather than a de facto one that just happened.

Source: https://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/letter-leaving-the-holocene/

In 2021, it opened a de facto embassy in Lithuania, its first in Europe in 18 years, drawing anger from Beijing.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/11/taiwans-president-condemns-china-drills-as-irresponsible

In Iraq, the Kurdish region won de facto self-rule in 1991, when the United States imposed a no-fly zone over it in response to Saddam’s brutal repression of Kurdish uprisings.

Source: https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/nation-world/world/kurds-remain-biggest-winners-from-us-led-invasion-of-iraq/

Instead, the hardline de facto authorities have gradually imposed their strict interpretation of Islamic law or Sharia.

Source: http://www.aopnews.com/taliban/china-asks-afghanistans-taliban-to-address-terrorism-worries/

In the gripping Emmy-winning first season, newcomers and fans alike witnessed how young Bertha Russell () defied the elders of her family to become the de facto queen of the United States' railroad empire.

Source: https://collider.com/the-gilded-age-season-2-cast-trailer-plot/