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 speaks to Sylvie Boudreau of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House as Canadians will no longer be allowed to use the American entrance to the building on the border with Quebec.
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In Wyoming and Colorado, people expressed anger and exasperation at members of Congress who held town halls.
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The Wall Street Journal's Michelle Hackman tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about the "extreme vetting" tactics international visitors say U.S. border officials are employing.
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A look at Florida and Illinois shows how legislatures in the country's often polarized state politics are responding to the Trump administration. States hold a lot of power over what gets done.
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An NPR investigation finds problems with the federal court system and a deep culture of fear about reporting judges for abusive behavior and sexual harassment.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Cleveland mayor Justin Bibb who argues that President Trump's budget cuts and funding freezes will hurt cities like his.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., about U.S.-Ukraine policy following Friday's combative meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy. -
As phase one of the ceasefire expires, Israel is halting all aid into Gaza.
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The Palisades and Eaton wildfires left a vast amount of toxic debris. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Tony Briscoe, environmental reporter at The Los Angeles Times, about where the cleanup stands.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks University of Virginia law professor Saikrishna Prakash what happens if the president flouts court orders. Prakash clerked for Assoc. Justice Clarence Thomas.
