The following is an installment of Trump-Vance team accomplishments (each article is linked for further info):

1. Trump: Prices Dropping; Time for Fed to Lower Interest

Gasoline prices are dropping, as well as are the price of eggs and other groceries, and the president is calling for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates.

Trump also called on the Fed to cut rates while tariffs “start to transition” into the U.S. economy.

The Federal Reserve this week kept interest rates the same, while assessments continue on how the president’s tariffs could affect economic growth.

Chair Jerome Powell said the Trump administration’s early policies and calls for extensive import tariffs appear to have shifted the economy to slower growth and higher inflation. This is poppycock.

Within a few weeks shoppers will begin to see prices dropping in stores. Economists humorously report the decline:

[L]ikely is coming from a combination of reasons, including bird flu coming under control, dropping consumer demand, decisions on producer pricing, and a ramped-up supply.

The latest national average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.129 Friday, higher than on Tuesday when the average was $3.078, but even with the recent increase, costs are still less than last month, when a gallon of gas averaged at $3.162—and cheaper than when former Dementia Joe was in still occupying the position, when gas averaged $3.527 a gallon.

2. Commerce Secretary Said Trump Agreed to Waive Income Taxes for 85% of Americans

This was touted by the Trump War Room, so it is clearly a serious consideration by the president and not some flight of fancy. Congress must first balance the budget, otherwise there is no way We the People should unnecessarily get our hopes up for this.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick revealed on the All In podcast that President Trump agreed to waive the income taxes for 85% of Americans if they can balance the budget.

Click HERE to watch.

3. Trump Gives Final Warning to Maine, They Have 10 Days to Ban Men in Women’s Sports

From coast to coast, blue-state governors and their progressive allies are doing everything in their power to force their radical views on traditional Americans.

Maine is now ground zero in this culture clash, with Governor Janet Mills continuing to put biological males ahead of real women athletes. On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued what amounts to a 10-day ultimatum to Maine’s Department of Education, the Maine Principals’ Association, and Greely High School.

The message couldn’t be clearer:

[C]omply with Title IX by keeping biological males

out of women’s sports or face the consequences.

This is not the first time the Trump administration has had to flex its federal muscle against Maine. Trump previously pulled funding from the Maine university system for similar violations, though those funds were later restored.

The Trump administration is simply enforcing what Title IX was always meant to do—protect female athletes and ensure they have fair competition. Common sense tells us that biological differences between males and females do not disappear because of how someone identifies.

Maine’s governor may think she is being progressive, but she is actually turning back the clock on women’s rights. Decades of progress in women’s athletics are being sacrificed on the altar of gender dysphoria.

***Update: Maine Governor Mills caved. Maine universities block transgender athletes from women’s sports after Trump funding pause.

4. After Learning the Stranded Astronauts Were Paid a Mere Additional $5 per Day, Trump Said He Will Compensate Them Out of “his own pocket” If Necessary

Fox News’ Peter Doocy said the astronauts “didn’t get any overtime pay for all that extra time. They got $5 a day per diem for 286 days, that is $1,430 in extra pay.”

The president stated:

Well, nobody’s ever mentioned this to me. If I have to I’ll pay that [out] of my own pocket. Ok? I’ll get it for them. I like that.

Trump added:

Is that all? That’s not a lot for what they had to go through.

Further:

And I want to thank Elon Musk, by the way, because think if we don’t have him. You know, there’s only so long, even though they’re in the capsule up there. The body starts to deteriorate after nine or 10 months and gets really bad after 14 [or] 15, months, with the bones and the blood and all the things that you’ve been reporting on very well. And if we don’t have Elon, they could be up there a long time.

NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to the surface of the earth after getting stuck at the International Space Station (ISS) for approximately nine months. Their visit to the ISS was supposed to last for approximately eight days, but soon turned out to be more than eight months after there were problems with the Boeing Starliner capsule which prevented them from returning.

Karoline Leavitt told reporters earlier this week:

Getting the astronauts home was delayed because of the [Obiden Regime’s] lack of urgency.

Joe Biden’s lack of courage to act boldly and decisively was a big reason why Butch and Suni did not make it back until yesterday. But President Trump doesn’t waste time.

5. Trump Denies Mexico’s Water Request After Treaty Violations Impact Texas Farmers

 The 1944 Treaty on water sharing between the United States and Mexico established clear obligations. Yet time and again, those obligations have gone unfulfilled.

Meanwhile, hardworking Americans in the agricultural heartland continue to suffer. Farms that have sustained families for generations now face uncertain futures. The consequences of water shortages ripple through entire communities.

The Trump administration has now taken unprecedented action. For the first time ever, the United States has formally denied Mexico’s request for special water delivery to Tijuana. This decisive move signals a new era of accountability in international agreements and the protection of American resources.

The State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs explained the decision bluntly on social media. Indeed:

[Mexico’s] continued shortfalls in its water deliveries under the 1944 water-sharing treaty are decimating American agriculture—particularly farmers in the Rio Grande valley.

This historic stance comes as Mexico has repeatedly failed to meet its treaty obligations, creating a water debt that directly harms American interests. The 1944 Treaty requires Mexico to deliver an average of 350,000 acre-feet of water annually to the United States over five-year periods, but drought conditions have been used to justify shortfalls.

Funny how those excuses never seemed to work when it was our turn to deliver water, isn’t it?

The consequences for American agriculture have been devastating. Last year, the final sugar mill in southern Texas was forced to shut down, with operators explicitly blaming insufficient water deliveries from Mexico. Cotton, citrus, and other vital crops across the region now hang in the balance.

The Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas praised the administration’s decision.

Cruz said:

Texas farmers are in crisis because of Mexico’s noncompliance.

I will work with the Trump administration to pressure Mexico into complying and to get water to Texas farmers.

The water crisis transcends partisan politics when American livelihoods are at stake. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins emphasized:

Mexico has failed to uphold its end of the treaty, and American farmers have suffered the consequences.