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Chris and Shanann Watts detailed their life on social media. New video shows one of their daughters calling her dad her "hero" days before she, her mother and sister vanished from their suburban Denver home.

First things first: The theme song of the week is Gathering Crowds, by John Scott from the television show "This Week In Baseball."

President Donald Trump has long used Twitter to define -- and defame -- his political opponents, but about 18 months into his presidency it's become blindingly clear that his use of social media to target critics, disloyal former lieutenants and the media tells us more about him than anyone else.

There's a buzz in the air on the grounds at the Naval Observatory.

Former CIA Director John Brennan criticized President Donald Trump on Friday for revoking his security clearance and said the President is "drunk on power."

A coroner's office on Friday confirmed three bodies found this week are those of a missing pregnant Colorado mother and her two daughters, police said.

Only a few paragraphs of Omarosa Manigault Newman's book are about Puerto Rico. But their claims are significant: that President Donald Trump lacked empathy in Hurricane Maria's aftermath and that the President and Chief of Staff John Kelly referred to Puerto Ricans in derogatory terms.

The ongoing trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on a series of financial crimes isn't the buzziest story of the week. That title goes to the release of reality TV villain and former White House official Omarosa Manigault Newman's tell-all memoir about her time at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But it is the most important story of the week -- and one with the broadest implications as to what Donald Trump's presidency will be like going forward.