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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There continues to be uncertainty over negotiations. At the same time, the Trump administration continues to aggravate allies.
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Legal scholar Adam Feldman tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe how the Supreme Court sometimes overturns precedent without explicitly calling an earlier decision invalid.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, about the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding and the priorities for a future peace deal.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Ross Andersen of "The Atlantic" about a Chinese mosquito-killing laser and when it might be available in the U.S.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Sina Azodi, who teaches Middle East Politics at George Washington University, about Iran's missile and drone stockpiles and its strategy in deploying them.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks American Academy of Physician Associates President Todd Pickard about a lawsuit seeking more generous caps on student loans for PA and nursing programs.
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Venezuela is exporting more oil, now five months after the U.S. seized President Nicolas Maduro. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Roxanna Vigil of the Council on Foreign Relations where the money is going.
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The showy National Guard deployments have ended, but thousands of troops remain on the streets of several American cities. And these deployments come with a steep price tag.
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President Trump took to social media Saturday and said the U.S. and Iran are close to deal on ending the war. But the president didn't offer details and it's not yet clear where Iran stands.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Ariane Tabatabaithe, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about where things stand on a potential deal between the U.S. and Iran on ending the war.