Cameron Couvillion

1 month ago | scrippsnews.com | Cameron Couvillion |Elizabeth Landers |Haley Bull

Ambassador Matthew Whitaker, former Acting Attorney General during the President Donald Trump’s first administration, is carving out a place for himself in the President’s second term as the United States' Permanent Representative to NATO. Confirmed earlier this month, Whitaker takes on the role at a crucial time in the alliance, as President Donald Trump enacts his ‘America First’ foreign policy agenda.

1 month ago | scrippsnews.com | Elizabeth Landers |Cameron Couvillion |Nick Refuerzo

Nuclear testing has long been depicted as mushroom clouds emerging and rising above remote desert landscapes or the ground slowly collapsing like a sinkhole as an underground detonation goes off. But those days are long gone, decades away in fact, from how the United States maintains its nuclear weapons in 2025. The U.S. nuclear stockpile is arguably the most important part of the country’s national security, but the government stopped testing nuclear weapons here in 1992.

Feb 3, 2025 | scrippsnews.com | Kadia Aretha Tubman |Cameron Couvillion |Caleb Hoke

President Donald Trump has threatened to place tariffs on multiple countries, including close trading partners Mexico and Canada. But experts worry about how these hefty tariffs — which are taxes paid by importing companies, not foreign nations — will impact the average US online shopper. Personal finance expert Matt Schulz at LendingTree says US consumers have come to increasingly rely on e-commerce. “So many people did most if not all of their holiday shopping online,” said Schulz.

Dec 5, 2024 | scrippsnews.com | Elizabeth Landers |Cameron Couvillion |Nick Refuerzo |Linda Pattillo

From the fake Biden robocall to online Russian propaganda, 2024 was the year of disinformation. With the ever-evolving capabilities of artificial intelligence, the creation and spread of that disinformation is now easier than ever. But what about the real-world impact of disinformation and those who suffer because of it? Disinformation does not discriminate. It can impact anyone.

Nov 19, 2024 | scrippsnews.com | Elizabeth Landers |Cameron Couvillion |Nick Refuerzo

Thousands of miles from Washington, D.C., Kenya has become a testing ground for disinformation before it hits America. John-Allan Namu is an award-winning investigative journalist and co-founder of Africa Uncensored, an outlet that exposes corruption in his native Kenya and across the globe. During a recent visit to Washington, Namu sat down with Scripps News correspondent Liz Landers to discuss the information and disinformation ecosystem in Kenya.