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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The presidential candidates are hitting as many key states as they can while the vice presidential candidates prepare for a debate Tuesday.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Mohamad Bazzi, a Middle East studies expert at NYU, about the latest developments in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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From abortion to immigration, the presidential tickets had plenty to say this week. We hear from them, in their own words.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Ta-Nehisi Coates about his new collection of three essays, "The Message." It is Coates' return to nonfiction after nearly a decade.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with director Sydney Freeland whose new Netflix movie, "Rez Ball," is about a Navajo boys' basketball team vying for a state championship.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with jazz pianist Christian Sands about his latest album, "Embracing Dawn." It's informed by a breakup.
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With North Carolina now a toss-up this presidential election, both parties are making appeals to Black men. An older farmer and a younger restaurant owner share what's driving their votes. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe hears the latest on the shooting from Gulf States Newsroom reporter Drew Hawkins.
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Rocket fire and airstrikes across the border are producing the most significant uptick of violence there since last year's Oct. 7 attacks.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with NPR Gaming lead James Mastromarino about the new PS5 and what the next generation of consoles says about the industry.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe discusses the week ahead in politics with NPR's senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
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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.
