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 first night of the Republican National Convention painted a dark picture of what America would look like if Democrats win in November, and it tried to soften President Trump's personal image.
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Republicans officially renominated President Trump and Vice President Pence for another four years on the first day of the Republican National Convention.
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A look at what's in store as Republicans gather in person and virtually this week to hear from President Trump and other party officials making the case for a second term.
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The president's campaign had begun holding "Black Voices for Trump" events, but the coronavirus pandemic shut down in-person campaigning for months. During that time, the election landscape shifted. -
President Trump tried to woo Black voters, but the pandemic has compounded an already difficult proposition. Still, in key cities such as Milwaukee, Trump's field offices are back to work.
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Herman Cain had been hospitalized for nearly a month after testing positive for the coronavirus. Cain attended a Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., in late June. -
The president is down in the polls, prompting him to try to show he's taken charge of the coronavirus and crack down on crime and protests.
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NPR's White House and health correspondents discuss the reappearance of daily coronavirus task force briefings after a long hiatus.
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In remarks over the Fourth of July holiday, President Trump warned of "angry mobs" erasing American history and values. But other factors are likely to play bigger roles in his reelection effort.
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A video shared by President Trump on Twitter Sunday includes a man who appears to be a Trump supporter saying "white power" in response to protesters. How did the White House respond?
