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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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Gabriel Sterling, of the Georgia Secretary of State's Office, about President Trump's claims about election security.
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It's down to two. It started six weeks ago with 48 countries, and now, after 103 matches, the World Cup final will be decided later Sunday when Spain takes on Argentina.
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An unprecedented rescue mission is underway to save a valuable space observatory before it burns up in Earth's atmosphere.
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Griot B celebrates Black history and innovation with his entry into this year's Tiny Desk Contest.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with actor and producer Anya Taylor-Joy about the new TV series, Lucky, in which she stars and co-produces.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with NOTUS reporter Jasmine Wright about the growing lobbying industry to get presidential pardons under the second Trump administration.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead about his new book, "Cool Machine."
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Another series of U.S. strikes on Iran after two U.S. service members were killed during an Iranian ballistic and drone attack in Jordan.
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Argentina and Spain picked out songs for each time they score a goal in the World Cup and for when they win their matches. We have a preview of what fans may hear during today's final.
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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is stepping down and his successor, Andy Burnham, will take office. He's the former mayor of Manchester and will be the U.K.'s seventh prime minister in ten years.
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President Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin make claims about the vulnerability of election systems in the U.S., but how true are those claims?
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Longtime Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has died at the age of 71. The foreign policy hawk and former critic-turned-ally of President Trump was running for re-election in South Carolina.