Free Beacon Zach Kessel

Zach Kessel is politics editor at the Washington Free Beacon. He can be reached via email at kessel@freebeacon.com and on X at @zach_kessel.


Yale's 'Nonpartisan' Budget Lab Was Founded By Biden Officials—and Its Staff Has Given More Than $100K to Dems

Mainstream media outlets have described the research center as ‘nonpartisan’ when citing its report criticizing President Donald Trump’s tariffs

Michigan's El-Sayed, Asked Whether the Democratic Party Has an 'Antisemitism Problem,' Pivots to 'Apartheid and Genocide'

El-Sayed previously blamed Israel for causing the Hezbollah-inspired terror attack at a Michigan synagogue in March

Israel-Hating ‘TrackAIPAC’ Attack Account Used To Be Elizabeth Warren-Boosting ‘California for Warren,’ Raising Money for Her Presidential Bid

Before its rebrand, the 'TrackAIPAC' account promoted fundraising, phone banking, and campaign events for Warren

Northwestern's President Says He's 'Positive About the Relationship' Between the University and Hamas-Friendly Qatar

Henry Bienen, who took over as interim president in September, initiated the university's relationship with the Gulf state during his first stint as its leader

Top Education Committee Dem Who Bemoaned Antisemitism Investigations Into Left-Wing Campus Groups Calls for Antisemitism Investigation Into Republican Campus Groups

Rep. Bobby Scott has lamented that committee Republicans have held too many hearings 'complaining about antisemitism on college campuses'

Department of Justice Urged To Investigate Georgetown's Contract With Qatari Government Following Free Beacon Report

The agreement between the university and the Gulf state requires Georgetown's Bridge Initiative to consult with a Qatari government group when picking 'speakers' and 'themes' for events

House Divided: Dem Congressional Candidates, Lawmakers Lash Out as 'Undemocratic' Party Leaders Endorse in Primaries

The DCCC added a number of Democrats facing primary fights to its ‘Red to Blue’ list of preferred candidates, prompting swift backlash

‘Harassment and Intimidation’: Cornell President Pushes Back on Anti-Israel Radicals Who Surrounded His Vehicle

University president Michael Kotlikoff wrote in an email to the school community that the student activists’ behavior ‘can have no place at Cornell’