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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We look at how the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is being received in Israel, where protests over domestic politics have continued throughout the war.
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We assess the first hours of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas- and the mood in Gaza- after more than 15 months of war
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We reflect on an interview with president-elect Donald Trump's former White House strategist Steve Bannon, who is poised to clash with others in Trump's inner circle, notably Elon Musk.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with NPR Music's Sidney Madden about rapper Drake's new lawsuit against his record label, Universal Music Group.
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President-elect Donald Trump will begin his second term in office tomorrow. We'll look ahead to see what to expect from his administration based on what he did and didn't achieve in his first term.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Mars Tekosky, who lost the home she and her family had recently renovated in Altadena, California due to wildfire.
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From "Grey's Anatomy" to "The Pitt" - NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with TV critic Kathryn VanArendonk about the enduring appeal of TV medical dramas.
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Religious leaders participating in President-elect Trump's inauguration events this year will see a few changes from past years. We look at what's behind the changes.
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"People have lost everything," says FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell. More than 24,000 have already applied for assistance from FEMA, but Criswell says that number is certain to rise. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Karen Attiah of the Washington Post about her experience with Meta's new AI chatbot "Liv," and what she calls "digital blackface."
