Author name: Patricia Ballard

Patricia Ballard is the author of Incredible USA News, a news site that covers politics, health, business, and finance. Patricia's passion for writing started when she was a little girl. She was fascinated by the printed word and would often take pictures with her grandfather's camera and write stories about them.

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VP Vance's global travels are a mix of diplomacy, dealmaking, soft power and family time

WASHINGTON — When JD Vance was running for vice president, he walked across an airport tarmac in Wisconsin one August day when his campaign travels happened to intersect those of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and approached Air Force Two. Besides wanting to take a poke at Republican Donald Trump’s rival for avoiding the press, […]

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Venice expands its day-tripper tax program to combat overtourism

VENICE, Italy — Venice is charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year starting Friday, a measure to combat the overtourism that officials say is putting the city’s UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status at risk. A UNESCO body decided against putting Venice on its list of cultural heritage sites

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Detentions of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America

SAN DIEGO — Lennon Tyler and her German fiancé often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in the United States since it was only a day’s drive from her home in Las Vegas, one of the perks of their long-distance relationship. But things went terribly wrong when they drove back from Tijuana last

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