🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- Statement from President Trump on the Ukraine War after his phone call with Putin. Announcing a ceasefire on infrastructure and energy targets.

🇺🇸⚡️- Federal Judge rules that the Trump Administrations dismantling of USAID is unconstitutional.

The judge ordered that DOGE must reinstate email and system access to current USAID employees and blocks Musk personnel from taking “any actions relating” to the agency, without express permission of a USAID official with legal authority.

Utah Legislature passes bill paving way for state vendors to be paid in gold and silver:

Ivory said HB306 is a continuation of his efforts and those of other lawmakers who paved the way in 2011 with a law that made gold and silver coins legal tender in the state.

“This just takes another step to begin making gold fractional and transactional, where you could buy a soda pop or buy a business, with gold,” said bill sponsor Rep. Ken Ivory. “And so, (this legislation) begins to make, electronic, fractional transactional, gold and silver as a payment system that’s recognized under the Constitution.”

“The U.S. Senate unanimously passed resolution 600 — they warned that China and Europe are developing alternate payment systems to weaken the dollar,” he said. “This gives people in Utah and the state payment options, because you know, with a $37 trillion debt and overspending $2 trillion a year, it’s good to have options and it’s good to have options that hold their value across decades, across centuries.”

https://ksltv.com/politics-elections/utah-legislature/bill-that-will-allow-utah-to-make-payments-in-gold-awaits-governor-signature/752325/

🔗 Luke Gromen

Utah has invested $60M of taxpayer money in gold — so far.

Sitting in a vault on Salt Lake City’s west side is a bit of Utah treasure — $60 million in gold purchased over the course of the last several months, part of a minor gold rush led by state Rep. Ken Ivory.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/03/18/utah-has-invested-60m-taxpayers/