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 Forbes technology reporter Emily Baker-White about calls to pull TikTok from Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store.
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President Biden's upcoming State of the Union address may be the unofficial kick-off of his reelection campaign.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dave Shullman, senior director of the China Global Hub at the Atlantic Council, about the state of U.S.-China relations.
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Latin America's migration crisis is one of the most pressing and complex issues facing President Biden - we look at what his administration's new rules mean on both sides of the southern border.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Diane Yentel, President of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, about the Biden administration's new plan to expand tenant protections nationwide.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Los Angeles Times reporter Jeong Park about the mass shooting last night in Monterey Park, CA.
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We'll have the latest from Monterey Park near Los Angeles, where several people have reportedly been killed where thousands gathered on Saturday night for Lunar New Year celebrations.
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Selma, Alabama was hit by devastating storms and a tornado earlier this month. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with JoAnne Bland, a Selma tour guide and civil rights leader, about how the city is coping.
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With Rupert Murdoch being questioned under oath, Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News has hit a critical juncture: Both sides are gearing up for a trial.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Victor Matheson, professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross and a lottery expert, about the recent streak of large jackpots.