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Jessica Chasmar

Jessica Chasmar

Jessica Chasmar is a continuous news writer for The Washington Times, covering topics on culture and politics. Originally from Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Jessica graduated from the University of Florida where she received a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's degree in mass communication.

During her time at University of Florida, she worked as an associate editor for The Gainesville Sun and interned at Entercom Communications. In 2011, she was part of the start-up team for The Washington Times' digital aggregation product, Times247. She can be reached at [email protected].

Articles by Jessica Chasmar

Vice President Mike Pence, center, looks on as House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., argues with President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pelosi takes shot at Trump’s ‘manhood’ after tense White House meeting

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent who is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

NRATV slams ‘dishonest’ media amid reports Dan Bongino dropped by network

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
A Honduran migrant and her daughter stand on the beach looking toward the U.S. border wall, moments before suddenly squeezing through a gap and pushing through fencing to emerge on U.S. soil, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall illegally and hand themselves in to Border Patrol agents to request asylum. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Climate change a factor driving migrant caravan: CNN

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti talks during an interview with the Associated Press in Los Angeles on Thursday Aug. 16, 2018. Garcetti, who already has visited the important presidential states of Iowa and New Hampshire, told The Associated Press he'll likely make a decision on his candidacy in the first three months of 2019. He also talked about his efforts to resolve chronic issues LA issues of traffic and homelessness. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Los Angeles Democratic mayor shut down by socialists at USC

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump with their son Barron Trump talk as they walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, to board the Marine One. Trump and his family are traveling to Florida, where they will spend Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Chelsea Clinton scolds New York mag writer for Barron Trump tweet: ‘He’s a kid’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington. Lawmakers have sparred over whether a now-reversed change to auto-suggestions on Twitter had unfairly hurt Democrats or Republicans more. Dorsey isn't saying which, but tells lawmakers he'll follow up. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey enrages users with glowing Myanmar tweets: ‘The food is amazing’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who won her bid for a seat in the House of Representatives in New York's 14th Congressional District, asks 2014 Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai a question at the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reveals Jewish ancestry: ‘I knew it!’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said the FBI did not contact him about the hack into his personal email account until after WikiLeaks began publishing his emails by the thousands on Oct. 7, 2016. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

John Podesta speaks out on being at center of ‘scary’ Pizzagate conspiracy theory

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
In this March 3, 2016, file photo, Nick Cannon arrives at the "America's Got Talent" Season 11 Red Carpet Kickoff at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)

Nick Cannon digs up homophobic tweets by Chelsea Handler, Sarah Silverman in defense of Kevin Hart

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Protesters cheer at the Women's March on Washington during the first full day of Donald Trump's presidency, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

Male professor fights ‘gender apartheid’ by targeting women-only programs

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
In this Oct. 24, 2018, file photo, Ammon Bundy poses for a photo in Emmett, Idaho. (Kelsey Grey/Idaho Statesman via AP) ** FILE **

Ammon Bundy quits militia movement over immigration, ‘fanatically loyal’ Trump supporters

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Manchester Elementary principal Jennifer Sinclair was placed on administrative leave this week after she sent out an unauthorized memo banning a slew of Christmas-related items, including candy canes, which she claimed are shaped like a "J" for Jesus Christ. (KETV)

Nebraska principal tries to ban candy canes, claims they’re shaped like ‘J’ for Jesus

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018, nuns offer a prayer as the statue of the Virgin Mary being carried through the streets of Rabat on the island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago, during the feast day of the Assumption of Mary. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) ** FILE **

Minnesota State prof says Virgin Mary didn’t consent to God: ‘Grossly predatory at worst’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Former President George W. Bush watches as the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard to Special Air Mission 41, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

ABC reporters joke about Trump funeral during Bush coverage: ‘He would do it bigger’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
In this Friday, March 10, 2017, file photo, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney poses for a photo at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Amal Clooney trashes Trump at U.N.: He gives regimes ‘green light’ to kill journalists

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pay their respects to former President George H. W. Bush, as he lies in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greet the family of former President George H. W. Bush, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at the Blair House in Washington. Among the family are Bush' sons, former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. and 2016 GOP former presidential candidate Jeb Bush. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jeb Bush: ‘Gracious’ Trump ‘couldn’t have been nicer’ after my father’s death

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
President Donald Trump shakes hands with former President Barack Obama during a State Funeral service for former President George H.W. Bush at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Don Lemon wouldn’t have shaken Trump’s hand at Bush funeral: ‘I’m not that big a person’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Director Steven Spielberg addresses the audience at the 2018 Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Steven Spielberg: ‘Collective hate’ worse now than when ‘Schindler’s List’ was released

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
Donald Trump Jr. shakes hands with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, left, ahead of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump for the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump Jr. fires back at Kirsten Gillibrand’s claim ‘future is female’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times
An English teacher at Cibola High School in Albuquerque is now out of a job after students accused her of cutting a female Native American student's hair and calling another a "bloody Indian" during a Halloween-themed assignment in October. (KOB 4)

N.M. teacher accused of cutting Native American student’s braid, calling another ‘bloody Indian’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

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