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


Graham Platner Solicits Donations for Maine Anti-ICE Group Led By Accused Somali Fraudsters

Deqa Dhalac and Nathan Davis have served on the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition’s board—and were named persons of interest in a congressional fraud investigation

‘Racial Equity’ Group Funded by Minnesota Taxpayers Asks for Donations To Bail Fund Freeing Anti-ICE Agitators

The Legal Rights Center, once led by Minnesota AG Keith Ellison, has raked in nearly $6 million from the Minnesota government

As Tim Walz Encourages Resistance, Minnesota ‘ICE Watch’ Declares ‘Time Is Ripe To Embrace Militancy’

MN ICE Watch posts guide encouraging escalation ‘by any means necessary’

Hamas Saxa: Georgetown Taps Hamas Apologist Mehdi Hasan as Visiting Fellow

Hasan, who left MSNBC after the left-wing network axed his show, will lead a discussion group on media's role 'in our polarized society'

Democrat Graham Platner Rallies With 'Good Friend' Somali Lawmaker Who's a 'Person of Interest' in Congressional Fraud Investigation

Deqa Dhalac also cofounded a nonprofit that creates 'customized DEI training' for schools and companies

She's Running for Senate in Arkansas as a Lifelong Farmer—After Hiring a Marketing Firm To Build a 'New Brand' as 'FarmHerHallie'

Hallie Shoffner spent years working as a left-wing activist. A since-scrubbed portion of her campaign site said the 'only thing' she 'ever wanted to do was farm.'

‘A Foundation of My Politics’: Graham Platner Calls To Return Maine Land to ‘Indigenous Population’

‘I also am a firm supporter of any legislation on the federal level that begins to give more, frankly, land back to the indigenous peoples,’ Platner says

Radical Anti-Israel Group Planned To Bomb Los Angeles Buildings Marked With Hamas Triangles, FBI Reveals

A photo of the Turtle Island Liberation Front's bomb-making stations included 'Free Palestine' stickers