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Political analysts and observers mocked President Donald Trump on Thursday after he announced plans to host a rally in Washington, D.C., on June 24.

"A Rally to end all Rallies!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "We don’t want singers with no talent, but big fees to put you to sleep, we’ve told them all to stay home. All we want is you, me, a few speakers, and the Greatest Music ever played, the same Music you have listened to for years! We will have the fabulous Lee Greenwood introducing me with what has turned out to be one of the Greatest Hits of All Time, GOD BLESS THE U.S.A., and the amazing Christopher Macchio, who will sing Nessun Dorma, Hallelujah, Ave Maria, God Bless America, and others — Not since the legendary Luciano Pavarotti has there been such a voice!"

Four senior oil industry executives warned Trump administration officials about global fuel inventories draining at alarming rates following Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. and Israeli military strikes three months ago.

The executives told Politico, significant price spikes could arrive mid-to-late June.

Former "60 Minutes" correspondent Dan Rather took current CBS News chief Bari Weiss to task on Thursday over her "nonsensical changes" at the network.

Rather argued in a new Substack essay that "60 Minutes" has gone from being the gold standard of broadcast journalism to a "diminished, Trump-approved version" of itself under Weiss's leadership. He argued that Weiss's moves, including the firing of veteran journalist Scott Pelley, suggest she has motives other than her stated goal of bringing the network into the "new media landscape."

An Oklahoma man has been arrested on nine felony charges for allegedly making death threats against Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).

According to Politico, while the motive of 63-year-old David Shuck has not been publicly released, the Justice Department "described the case as part of an initiative related to an order President Donald Trump signed last September, known as NSPM-7, targeting 'domestic terrorism and organized political violence'" — with an emphasis specifically on "Antifa" and other left-wing protest activity.

President Donald Trump's acting Attorney General, Todd Blanche, went to bat for one of the surviving parts of Trump's "settlement" with the IRS in his $10 billion lawsuit, and, in so doing, only cemented how improper it was, former federal prosecutor Harry Litman wrote for his "Talking Feds" Substack.

Specifically, Litman said, he defended the provision that excuses Trump and his family from IRS audits going forward.

New World Screwworms, a destructive parasitic larvae that burrow into animal flesh and cause fatal infections, have reportedly been discovered in South Texas after decades of containment in Central America.

The parasites, sometimes called "flying piranha," hatch from eggs laid in wounds and create gaping ulcers, often killing infected animals.

Sensational stories abound of January 6 rioters who got charged with new crimes after President Donald Trump granted them clemency — but the full figure is much higher than anyone previously realized, Lawfare reported on Thursday.

The number of pardoned rioters charged or convicted of new crimes, according to reporter Katherine Pompilio, is at least 97 — or more than 1 in 16 of the total 1,500.