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The Trump administration is softening its tone on FEMA

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to New York Times reporter Scott Dance about efforts to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency. President Trump's review panel failed to meet a deadline last week.

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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.
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