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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In Norway, Easter is celebrated by reading crime fiction. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe investigates this holiday tradition with author and former homicide detective Jorn Lier Horst.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks former State Department energy envoy David Goldwyn about oil and gas prices as the war with Iran continues.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Meredith Alloway, who directed the new movie "Forbidden Fruits," and Lola Tung, who stars in it.
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Iceland Air is hiring a photographer to come to their country and take pictures of beautiful landscapes. The main requirement for candidates is that their photography skills must be terrible.
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Special forces troops rescued a U.S. Air Force colonel after his plane was shot down Friday over Iran.
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Politically, President Trump is on his back foot as he prosecutes an unpopular war and seeks to break campaign promises on entitlements.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law's Allen Weiner about international law and an open letter calling the war with Iran a violation of the U.N. charter.
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The American Heart Association is releasing dietary guidelines on the heels of confusing guidelines announced by the federal government.
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Practicing OB-GYN Mary Fariba Afsari bought an RV and started a mobile clinic in 2022. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Afsari about her book, "Labor: One Woman's Work."
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to children's book critic Melissa LaSalle about audiobook recommendations for kids.
