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 asks Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., about his bill to combat "shrinkflation" and about the presidential campaign.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck about how Presidents Biden and Trump have used executive orders while in office.
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It's a big week ahead in politics, with Super Tuesday primaries and President Biden's State of the Union address two days later. We have a preview.
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The New York Times is investigating who leaked information about its reporting on sexual assaults during the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in Israel.
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Scientists have long debated whether Greek scientist Archimedes could have destroyed enemy ships by redirecting sunlight. Brenden Sener, 13, tested it for a school science fair project.
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Analysis of former President Donald Trump's win in the South Carolina GOP primary yesterday.
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Analysis of another busy week in politics — from former President Donald Trump's big win in South Carolina to the national political implications of the Alabama Supreme Court's IVF ruling.
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"Trad wives" are trending on social media. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Kathryn Jezer-Morton, columnist for the Cut, about trad wives and their potential impact on feminism.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with journalist Tina Nguyen — author of "The MAGA Diaries" — about the Trump campaign's efforts to recruit young voters of color.
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A new study looking at hearing loss finds that it's greater among people living in rural areas. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with audiologist Nicholas Reed, who co-authored the study.