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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


Mahmoud Khalil Omitted Work for Terror-Tied UNRWA From Green Card Application, Prosecutors Say

Detained Columbia protest leader served as a political affairs officer for the agency at the time of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack, court filing shows

March 24, 2025

University of Pennsylvania Lays Off Anti-Semitic Cartoonist After Trump Slashes Hundreds of Millions in Federal Funding

Communications lecturer Dwayne Booth kept teaching at Ivy League school after he published blood libel cartoon

March 22, 2025

Columbia Caves to Trump in First Stage of $430 Million Funding Fight

The school will ban masks at protests, empower campus police, and implement other reforms to unlock 'long-term' negotiations with federal regulators

March 21, 2025

Trump Admin Grants Columbia One-Day Extension To Implement Reforms

An agreement to comply would not restore $430 million in federal funding but rather unlock 'long-term' negotiations

March 20, 2025

Deported Brown University Professor Attended Hezbollah Chief’s Funeral

Funeral attendees pledged allegiance to Hezbollah and chanted ‘Death to Israel, death to America’

March 17, 2025

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