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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Texas officials announced they have detected the New World screwworm in livestock, the first evidence of the parasite in that state in decades.
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An upcoming primary election in Maine and last week's primary elections in California mean campaign season is well underway.
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Jupiter and Venus will appear close together in the sky Monday and Tuesday in what astronomy calls a "conjunction."
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks American Academy of Physician Associates President Todd Pickard about a lawsuit seeking more generous caps on student loans for PA and nursing programs.
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The showy National Guard deployments have ended, but thousands of troops remain on the streets of several American cities. And these deployments come with a steep price tag.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with former member of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board Rick Engler about the current state of chemical safety following a string of incidents in the U.S.
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We look at the progress on a ceasefire extension with Iran, as well as President Trump offering to perform at the Freedom 250 event marking America's 250th birthday after major acts dropped out.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori about investigations and prosecutions originating from U.S. Attorneys offices around the country.
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A new drug for pancreatic cancer gives some hope for one of the most dire types of cancer.
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Texas' runoff primary elections are Tuesday. The race generating the most attention – and money – is the Texas Republican U.S. Senate primary between incumbent Senator John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. President Trump finally waded into the race last week and endorsed Paxton, even as ballots were already cast.