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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"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. -
The number of people enrolled in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans has doubled over the last four yeas. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with healthcare navigator Katie Roders Turner about the reasons.
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In "Brooke Shields is Not Allowed to Get Old," the actor writes about what a doctor did to her, as she calls them, "lady parts" without her consent. Health reporter Sarah Varney tells NPR's Ayesha Rasco that Shields is not alone in the violation of her body's autonomy.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with health policy researcher Robin Rudowitz about the prospect of cuts to Medicaid and what impact that would have.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with U.S. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf about the agency's process for regulating artificial intelligence in healthcare.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Dr. Nicole Cheek, a dentist in Washington, D.C., about the risks of getting dental veneers by a non-dentist.
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The scope of the damage Hurricane Helena caused is still not totally clear.
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With North Carolina now a toss-up this presidential election, both parties are making appeals to Black men. An older farmer and a younger restaurant owner share what's driving their votes. -
Fighting in and around Sudan's capital is fierce and devastating to the people who either cannot flee or feel compelled to stay.
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We follow up on one of the big stories of recent days: the listeria outbreak. Inspection reports show myriad problems at the Boar's Head deli meat factory where the outbreak originated.
