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 mother of the 14-year-old charged with killing four people at a Georgia high school reportedly called the school before the shootings, warning of an extreme emergency involving her son.
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Restarting stalled negotiations on a new farm bill is on the Congressional agenda when lawmakers return to Washington Monday.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Jonathan Dekel-Chen about his son, Sagui. He's an American, taken on Oct. 7, and still being held hostage in Gaza.
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While vice presidential candidates tout their Midwestern roots Ayesha talks to author Jon Lauck about what's Midwestern.
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Extreme temperatures have caused problems for the beverage service on some Southwest Airlines flights, with hot cans exploding when opened.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Stefano Schiavon, a professor at University of California, Berkeley, on the benefits of using fans in conjunction with air conditioners.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Bill Briggs, a political consultant who worked in advanced planning for events under Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with former FBI agent, Kenneth Gray, about the bureau’s investigation into the assassination attempt on Former President Donald Trump.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Republican Congressman Mike Lawler of New York about yesterday's assassination attempt at former president Donald Trump's campaign rally.
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The political landscape changed with a shooting at former President Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania Saturday evening leaving Americans waking up Sunday with more questions than answers.