
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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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.
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A recent biodiversity meeting acknowledged the serious problem of deforestation while a new report on global environmental threats to trees offered a startling estimate.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Colin Polsky, a professor of geosciences at Florida Atlantic University, about how Hurricane Milton is raising critical questions about the future of the sunshine state.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with North Carolina Congressman Chuck Edwards, who has tried to debunk what he called "outlandish rumors" about Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.
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Facing threats and misinformation, election officials are under intense pressure this fall. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Justin Roebuck, who oversees elections in Ottawa County, Michigan.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Jennifer Waxman, archivist at Tulane University, about the steps people can take to preserve their personal collections from natural disasters.
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The scope of the damage Hurricane Helena caused is still not totally clear.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell how the agency is helping local communities recover from Hurricane Helene.
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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.