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Fact-checking former President Trump's promise to cut U.S. energy costs

Former President Trump has vowed to tackle inflation by slashing energy costs by 50% if reelected. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with energy analyst Patrick De Haan about energy regulation's role as an election issue.

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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.