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Free Beacon Jessica Costescu

Jessica Costescu is a staff writer for the Washington Free Beacon. She graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service with a major in International Politics and a concentration in Foreign Policy. She also holds an Associate Degree in Administration of Justice from Cypress College. She can be reached at costescu@freebeacon.com


Columbia Activist Who Endorsed Hamas's 'Anticolonial Liberation Movement' Self-Deports After Trump Admin Pulls Visa

Ranjani Srinivasan signed letter accusing Israel of 'settler colonial violence' two months after Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack

March 14, 2025

Columbia Encampment Leader Known for Owning 'Emotional Support Rabbit' Among Students Expelled for Storming Hamilton Hall

'An expulsion for Palestine is an honor, a sacrifice that pales in comparison to those of the Palestinian people,' Aidan Parisi wrote Thursday

March 14, 2025

Columbia Disciplines Student Radicals Nearly a Year After They Stormed Campus Building

Columbia students hit with multi-year suspensions, expulsions, and temporary degree revocations, a week after Trump admin cancels $400 million in federal funds

March 13, 2025

NYPD Arrests Dozens After Jewish Voice for Peace Storms Trump Tower To Demand Release of Pro-Hamas Columbia Activist

‘We will not comply, Mahmoud, we are on your side,’ anti-Israel agitators chanted

March 13, 2025

Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Promotes Fundraiser For Pro-Hamas Activist in ICE Custody

The fundraiser has received nearly $270,000 and will bankroll 'long-term justice efforts' to 'hold those responsible for his unlawful detention accountable'

March 12, 2025

Anti-Israel Agitators Arrested in New York Amid Nationwide Walkouts Protesting Pro-Hamas Activist’s ICE Arrest

‘By resistance … we mean action,’ one speaker says. ‘We mean … dealing blow after blow to our enemies.’

March 11, 2025

Columbia Professors Cancel Classes in Solidarity With Pro-Hamas Activist in ICE Custody

One professor gave students an automatic 'A' for their canceled midterms

March 10, 2025

Columbia Student Activist in ICE Custody After Trump Admin Revokes Visa

Mahmoud Khalil, an encampment negotiator, pledged to push school to divest from Israel by 'any available means necessary'

March 9, 2025

Trump Admin Slashes $400 Million In Federal Funding to Columbia, Citing Ivy League School’s ‘Inaction’ in the Face of Anti-Semitism

Following the announcement, Columbia suspended four students arrested after storming a Barnard building

March 7, 2025

Meet the Columbia Radicals Arrested for Storming a Barnard Building

Students were charged with disorderly conduct, trespassing, and obstructing governmental administration

March 6, 2025