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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An artist on the brink of stardom attracts a hanger-on who will do anything to be near the spotlight. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to director Alex Russell about how it plays out in his movie "Lurker."
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We discuss the latest political news, including the FBI search of former Trump adviser John Bolton's home and whether President Trump will send National Guard troops to more cities.
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President Trump says he wants a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine following his Alaska summit, and will hold talks with Ukraine's president in the White House on Monday.
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What does social science research say about some common dating and marriage myths? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with journalist Stephanie H. Murray about the latest studies and data.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Washington Post fashion critic Rachel Tashjian about the use of an AI-generated model featured in an advertisement in the August edition of "Vogue" magazine.
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Tariffs on coffee and tea could give a boost to North America's only native caffeinated plant. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Abianne Falla, owner of CatSpring Yaupon.
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President Trump's decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a weak jobs report, the latest round of tariffs, and details about his fallout with Jeffrey Epstein.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Alison Brie and Dave Franco, who star in the new horror film, 'Together.' -
Robert Anthony Cruz's failed backflip on live television quickly went viral. The outfielder for the exhibition baseball team the Savannah Bananas poked fun at his own fall on TikTok and gave his audience permission to laugh.
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We look at how President Trump is struggling to change the narrative on the Jeffrey Epstein case, and whether his current trip to Scotland will provide any political respite.
