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 "Great Black Hope," a young, gay, Black man is reeling even before his socialite roommate is found dead. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Rob Franklin about race, class, addiction, and his debut novel.
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A black-and-white photo of a Las Vegas dancer posing in a mushroom-cloud swimsuit became iconic of America's "atomic age," but for decades her identity was unknown. The mystery has finally been solved.
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The band, Mt. Joy, has been on a long road but they've had a lot of fun along the way. Musician Matt Quinn speaks to NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about the growing up years and trading a guitar for law school.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Australian twins and popular YouTubers Danny and Michael Philippou about their new movie, a horror film called "Bring Her Back."
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yrsa Daley-Ward about her novel, "The Catch." It follows twin sisters who discover their long dead mother might be ... alive.
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Barbie once could only stand on her tip toes, in tiny high heels. Her job? To look pretty. A new study finds there's a correlation between flatter-footed Barbies and more job choices.
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The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY has named its 2025 inductees to the World Video Game Hall of Fame.
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A British music education organization reports that use of recorders are declining in the classroom. We wonder: Why were they there to start with? And why is "Hot Cross Buns" such a banger?
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with music artist Kevin Olusola about his new album, "Dawn Of A Misfit," and his love for mixing it up with classical music.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Michael Dean, editor of a new collection of long-forgotten Marvel horror comics called "Lost Marvels No.1: Tower of Shadows."