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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The Trump administration is planning to release its new guidelines on nutrition and diet and Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr., has said the latest update could leave out experts' advice.
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Experts have advice on best sleep practices to avoid pain in the morning.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with author Ken Jaworowski about his new book "What About The Bodies," a thriller in which three characters' troubles converge in a small, Rust Belt town.
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Macon Blair's take on 1984's gore-core classic is as much a movie about love of family as it is a violent shock comedy. -
Shifts in vaccine guidance under the Trump administration are leaving many people confused about seasonal shots. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Dr. Jeff Duchin of the Vaccine Integrity Project.
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Ruth is part of an insular, communal Christian sect, but she has a hard time fitting in. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Kate Riley about living in that kind of community and her debut novel, "Ruth."
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Jason Mott about his latest novel, "People Like Us," which started out as a memoir. It turned into two parallel stories about two different writers in crisis.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Forbes healthcare contributor Bruce Japsen about the financial health of major U.S. insurers.
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BMI is still commonly used to assess obesity even though research has shown it's not necessarily a reliable metric. A new study proposes doctors instead use technology that can measure body fat.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Alison Brie and Dave Franco, who star in the new horror film, 'Together.'
