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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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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A new report describes the Sahel region of Africa, a million mile band that runs through Mauritania to Sudan, as "the epicenter of global terrorism." We examine those findings.
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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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European leaders are meeting in London on Sunday for emergency talks on Russia and a peace plan for Ukraine.
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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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Friday's Oval Office altercation could signal an irreparable break in U.S. relations with Ukraine.
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Germany goes to the polls in an election dominated by talk of the rise of the far right. Also on voters' minds are the economy, immigration, and relations with Donald Trump.
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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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It has been three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk about how Ukrainians feel about the ceasefire discussions that don't include them.
