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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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with NPR Music's Sidney Madden about rapper Drake's new lawsuit against his record label, Universal Music Group.
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"People have lost everything," says FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell. More than 24,000 have already applied for assistance from FEMA, but Criswell says that number is certain to rise. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to musician Lubalin about his latest album, "Haha, No Worries."
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The Chattanooga sister trio talks about mixing music and motherhood, and shares the story behind their song "Feet Are Dirty." (Story originally aired on Weekend Edition on April 21, 2024.)
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks "American Idol" alum Clay Aiken about his latest holiday album, "Christmas Bells Are Ringing."
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Nick Frost on his newest horror comedy and what makes the slasher funny. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with concert pianist Khatia Buniatishvili about her new allbum, "Mozart," which honors the 18th century composer.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Christopher Gallant, whose stage name is simply "Gallant," about career fits and starts, science, and his new album, "Zinc."
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Kids in the kitchen: chaos or bliss? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and her children join Mark Bittman to try out some kid-friendly recipes from his new book "How To Cook Everything Kids." -
Some song recommendations to ease anxiety and help with jitters around Election Day.
