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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For the first time in years, the U.S. and Iran held high-level talks on a new deal concerning Iran's nuclear program.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks economist Keyu Jin, author of the book "The New China Playbook" about Beijing's next moves in the trade war with the U.S.
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Two best friends at different life crossroads go on a road trip in the comedy "Sacramento." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with star and director Michael Angarano.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk. The duo wrote and directed the new summer camp slasher, 'Hell of a Summer.'
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Two teenage boys struggle with their friendship and their futures in the new novel-in-verse "When We Ride." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Rex Ogle about it.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with University of Michigan law professor Leah Litman about Amy Coney Barrett's term on the U.S. Supreme Court, where she has occasionally been a swing vote.
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AI will have more of an impact on certain demographic groups than others. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jonathan Hersh, professor at Chapman University, about who will be most affected and why.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Adrian Shine of the Loch Ness Project about the discovery of an underwater camera set up 55 years ago to photograph the Loch Ness Monster.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Tracy Chapman about standing the test of time and the re-release on vinyl of her self-titled 1988 debut album.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with director Geremy Jasper about the importance of the soundtrack in his new post-apocalyptic musical O'Dessa.