Ayesha Rascoe
Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.
Prior to joining NPR, Rascoe covered the White House for Reuters, chronicling Obama's final year in office and the beginning days of the Trump administration. Rascoe began her reporting career at Reuters, covering energy and environmental policy news, such as the 2010 BP oil spill and the U.S. response to the Fukushima nuclear crisis in 2011. She also spent a year covering energy legal issues and court cases.
She graduated from Howard University in 2007 with a B.A. in journalism.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Adrian Shine of the Loch Ness Project about the discovery of an underwater camera set up 55 years ago to photograph the Loch Ness Monster.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Tracy Chapman about standing the test of time and the re-release on vinyl of her self-titled 1988 debut album.
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In Wyoming and Colorado, people expressed anger and exasperation at members of Congress who held town halls.
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People in Lebanon say they're in a state of panic after Israel struck parts of the country Saturday in response to rocket fire at northern Israel.
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The Wall Street Journal's Michelle Hackman tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about the "extreme vetting" tactics international visitors say U.S. border officials are employing.
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An NPR investigation finds problems with the federal court system and a deep culture of fear about reporting judges for abusive behavior and sexual harassment.
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A new report describes the Sahel region of Africa, a million mile band that runs through Mauritania to Sudan, as "the epicenter of global terrorism." We examine those findings.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Cleveland mayor Justin Bibb who argues that President Trump's budget cuts and funding freezes will hurt cities like his.
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Musician Aloe Blacc says his mission is to sing about positivity and beauty. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with him about his new album, "Stand Together."
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European leaders are meeting in London on Sunday for emergency talks on Russia and a peace plan for Ukraine.