George W. Bush

Richard Painter, a Bush White House lawyer, tweeted that the Trumps are "an organized crime family," after telling MSNBC they should all be prosecuted.

Veterans and Gold Star families responded with anger and frustration to a report in The Washington Post which details how presidents, politicians and Pentagon officials misled the American public about the war effort.

Here are 15 quotes that capture the holiday spirit with inspiration and humor.

"Game over. Send Trump home," Richard W. Painter tweeted as Ambassador Sondland testified on Wednesday.

The four former presidents need to claim the moral high ground their successor has forfeited, and bring together a citizens' assembly of Americans—a National Summit on Hate and Democracy.

The critics of Trump's foreign policy decisions are not offering any new solutions to the complex problems that America faces.

The televangelist told her followers to send her their January paychecks last year, warning that those who did not obey would face "consequences" from God.

"Just what we need. More crappy colleges. More students who can't pay off their debt," Richard W. Painter wrote.

"Any other American who offered cash to the jury before a trial would go to prison," Richard Painter said.

"The behavior that we're seeing from the president continues to worsen," Steve Schmidt warned.

Here's why I made the video, how Twitter users defeated attempts to bury it and why we must never stop standing up for human rights.

Rafael Shimunov, the creator of the video, chatted with Newsweek on why he published these videos, and why they're important.

"We can't even begin to talk about kindness," said "Avengers" star Mark Ruffalo.

"We are voluntarily abdicating our role and it's the Russians, Iranians and others who are benefitting," Richard Haass warned.

"We can investigate the crimes of Donald Trump for the next four or five years and if we do, we will be going into a second term," Richard Painter warned.

"There have been multiple attacks from self-declared white terrorists here in the U.S. in the last several months," Bush, the Texas Land Commissioner, said.

"We are actually considering escalating with Iran in a war that would further destabilize the region and unleash God knows what in terms of chaos in a very troubled region already," Elise Jordan said.

"In October 2002, President Bush said that Saddam Hussein had a 'massive stockpile' of biological weapons. It was a lie," Representative Ilhan Omar wrote.

The former FLOTUS reflected on her and George W. Bush's touching candy sharing moments.

"The best father a son or daughter could have," the 43rd president said, holding back tears.

Calling on readers and fans to to join her in "paying tribute to" Bush as well as "his tremendous contributions to our world," Obama said she hoped her ticket holders and readers would "understand" her decision.

George W. Bush spoke to his father by phone as the end neared.

The powerful speeches appeared to take digs at the president.

"The president will not be, as far as we know, attending the funeral," McCain's spokesman said. "That's just a fact."

The Republican senator and war hero from Arizona died on Saturday at the age of 81.

Rapper I-NZ's "This Is Iraq" is a dark, satirical and politically charged assault on the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the violence that has ensued there ever since.

President Trump said he was a "problem solver" during his debut Afghan strategy speech, but ending the longest U.S. war has proven to be a challenge.

Obama visited U.S. troops in Baghdad three months after his inauguration.

"Well, he definitely wrote this one himself," wrote Jonah Goldberg, editor of the conservative-leaning National Review. 

Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, famous for throwing shoes at former President George W. Bush, spoke to Newsweek about the "big ideas" he has for his country.