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 University of Exeter will offer a master's degree in magic and occult science. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Exeter Prof. Sajjad Rizvi about the new program.
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Is group chatting becoming the social media medium of choice? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Atlantic editor Faith Hill.
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New research from the University of Georgia shows that the Southern accent is fading. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks linguistics professor Margaret Renwick about the trend.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to pop culture mavens Sylvia Obell and Scottie Beam about their new podcast, "The Scottie & Sylvia Show."
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Philip M. Carter, professor of linguistics at Florida International University, about a new Spanish-influenced dialect of English being spoken in Southern Florida.
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Mary Strand of Rogers, Minn., dropped a diamond ring down a toilet 13 years ago. She and her husband frantically tried to recover it to no avail. It finally turned up earlier this year.
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NPR's Ayesha Rscoe talks with media expert Tim Luckhurst of Durham University in England about the lawsuits Prince Harry has filed against several tabloids there.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with comedian Hannah Gadsby about "Something Special," their new Netflix special on love, family, and storytelling.
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As members of the Writers Guild of America wrap up voting on whether to authorize a strike, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to two writers about the changing content landscape in Hollywood.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Samata Pattinson, CEO of RCGD Global about their partnership with the Academy Awards to encourage sustainable clothing on this year's red carpet.