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 speaks with rapper and actor Eve about her new book, "Who's That Girl." The memoir dishes on Eve's rise in the hip-hop world.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with journalist Stephen Gutowski of The Reload about the NRA and the influence of the gun lobby this election.
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As the candidates vie for the Oval Office, President Biden continues working and Congress stalls on funding the government.
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In more than half the states where abortion rights are expected on the ballot in 2024, there are efforts to stop those amendments before they make it to voters this November.
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A year ago today, Big 3 autoworkers walked off the job to fight for better wages and benefits. Now a year later, autoworkers remain concerned about the future of their industry.
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NPR's Alt.Latino takes over the Tiny Desk concerts for the next four weeks in celebration of Latino Heritage Month.
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Ayesha Rascoe speaks with the actor Aaron Pierre, who stars in the new Netflix movie "Rebel Ridge." It's a thriller about civil asset forfeiture.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Prof. Dev Niyogi from the University of Texas about his research showing urban topography and pollution exacerbate rainfall.
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New Nielsen TV ratings show a surprising winner for July: YouTube. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Lucas Shaw of Bloomberg News about what that might mean for the industry.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Chris Miller of Tufts University why semiconductors have become a political issue. He is author of "Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology."