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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A Mexican Independence Day parade went on as planned, despite fears of increased immigration enforcement from the Trump administration in Chicago this weekend. There were also some protests in Chicago, where the president has threatened federal intervention.
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Pastor Doug Wilson is in Washington, DC this week to start a new church and spread his vision of a nation run by White Christian men. His views were echoed by other conservatives at a conference in Washington this week.
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We look at what the U.S. block on Palestinian officials from attending the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting this month could mean for Palestinian statehood.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Yaroslav Trofimov from the Wall Street Journal about how President Trump's attempts to end the war in Ukraine will be viewed in Moscow and Kyiv.
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Nearly two weeks into the Trump administration's takeover of the police in Washington, D.C., some local churches are experiencing drops in attendance as worshippers fear being detained.
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The materials related to the Epstein case have not been fully released. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Columbia University's Matthew Connelly about what releasing them would actually entail.
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How are drones changing what it means to wage war and serve on the front lines? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with James Patton Rogers, Executive Director of the Brooks Tech Policy Institute.
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Tariffs on coffee and tea could give a boost to North America's only native caffeinated plant. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Abianne Falla, owner of CatSpring Yaupon.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Giorgos Sachinis, director of strategy and innovation at Athens Water Supply and Sewage Company, about plans to revive an ancient aqueduct built by the Romans.
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Recent cuts to the U.S. Forest Service could affect the maintenance of popular hiking trails during peak season. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Jeff Kish of the Pacific Northwest Trail Association.