Summary: Danny Heinrich admits to kidnapping, sexually assaulting, and killing Jacob Wetterling by shooting him twice in the back of the head with a Smith & Wesson .38 Special snub nose revolver.

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Summary: Jacob Wetterling’s remains have been found after Danny Heinrich led investigators to an undisclosed site in Central Minnesota.

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Summary: Psychological advice on how Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump can exploit each other’s personality weaknesses to gain a winning edge in the presidential debates.

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Summary: In the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s narcissism is not the main issue; his narcissism score is identical to Hillary Clinton’s. The key difference between Trump and Clinton is their score on extraversion, elevated to near-histrionic levels in the case of Trump (and absent in Clinton), which accounts for Trump’s impulsiveness and lack of discipline in contrast to Clinton’s self-restraint, discipline, and prudence.

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Summary: The Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics (USPP) “Media Tipsheet” offers political reporters looking for a fresh story angle a sometimes unique, often unconventional perspective on politics.

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Summary: A psychological analysis of Hillary Rodham Clinton — Democratic nominee in the 2016 presidential election — by Rylee Pool and Aubrey Immelman, Ph.D., at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics, revealed that Clinton’s predominant personality patterns are Ambitious/self-serving (a measure of narcissism) and Dominant/controlling, infused with secondary features of the Conscientious/dutiful and Retiring/reserved (aloof) patterns. In summary, Clinton’s personality composite can be characterized as an “adaptive elitist narcissist.” … October 2016 update: A follow-up study confirms Hillary Clinton’s predominant personality patterns are Ambitious/self-serving (a measure of narcissism) and Dominant/controlling, infused with secondary features of the Conscientious/dutiful and Retiring/reserved (introverted) patterns and some indication of Distrusting/suspicious features. This particular personality composite can be labeled “elitist narcissism” or, in political terms, “deliberative high-dominance introvert” — deliberative by virtue of substantial conscientiousness.

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Summary: Announcing the launch of a new website (http://personality-politics.org/) on the psychology of politics, focusing on the role of leader personality in the realm of politics — including campaigns, elections, and executive leadership style.

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Summary: Largest U.S. mass killings since 9/11 … After pledging allegiance to ISIS, Omar Saddiqui Mateen opened fire in Orlando’s gay Pulse nightclub, killing 49 people and wounding 53 in the deadliest shooting spree in U.S. history before dying in a hail of police gunfire.

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Summary: St. John’s University (Collegeville, Minnesota) — 2016 men’s basketball European tour to Switzerland, Italy, and Germany — playing SAM Basket Massagno, Associazione Pallacanestro Lissone, and MTSV Schwabing. … SJU roster: Alex Schmitt, David Stokman, Nick Machemehl, Mitchell Kuck, Joe Risinger, John Oliver III, Will Bauman, Garrett Goetz, Mitch Wollin, Ethan Larson, Brent Hentges, Conrad Sexe, Tyler Frie, Patrick Strom, Billy Borgerding, Tim Immelman, Ben Hartmann, T.J. Arland, Jordan Peterson, Tyler Weiss, Anthony Juba.

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Summary: The Republican primary in Indiana is a must-win for Ted Cruz if he is to have any prospect of preventing Donald Trump from reaching the 1,237 delegates required to secure the Republican nomination for president on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention. Who will win the Indiana primary election? The Personal Electability Index (PEI), developed by Aubrey Immelman at the Unit for the Study of Personality in Politics (USPP), projects that Donald Trump will beat Ted Cruz in the Indiana Republican primary. … Update: Sen. Ted Cruz had harsh words for rival Donald Trump on the day of the Indiana primary, calling him “a pathological liar … straight out of a psychology textbook,” “utterly amoral,” “a narcissist at a level I don’t think this country’s ever seen,” “an arrogant buffoon,” and “a serial philanderer … [who] describes his own battles with venereal diseases as his own personal Vietnam.”

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