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New fast-food restaurants are making their mark in Orangeburg County.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — New fast-food restaurants are making their mark in Orangeburg County, providing both a fresh dining experience and an economic boost to the area.

At Friday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony, radio host Charlamagne Tha God celebrated the opening of his fast-food chain, Krystal, in the city of Orangeburg. The Berkeley County native noted his personal connection to the area, where his family has deep ties.

“Just to be doing this in Orangeburg, where my mother went to South Carolina State, graduated Claflin in ‘75, my father-in-law went to Claflin, like Orangeburg just means a lot to me,” Charlamagne said. “You know, growing up here, throwing parties with DJ Frosty dot com and running through all the clubs here in Orangeburg, like, it’s just amazing. It’s kind of surreal, so like I said, I just want to keep creating jobs in …

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President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new Department of Government Efficiency" which is not, despite the name, a government agency.The acronym DOGE is a nod to Musk's favorite cryptocurrency, dogecoin. Trump said in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy will work from outside the government to offer the White House advice and guidance and will partner with the Office of Management and Budget to drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before. He added that the move would shock government systems.It's not clear how the organization will operate. It could come under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which dictates how external groups that advise the government must operate and be accountable to the public.Federal employees are generally required to disclose their assets and entanglements to ward off any potential conflicts of interest, and to divest significant holdings relating to their work. Because Musk and Ramaswamy would not be formal federal workers, they would not face those requirements or ethical limitations.Musk posted on X: Department of Government Efficiency. The merch will be (fire emojis). Later he added: Threat to democracy? Nope, threat to BUREAUCRACY!!!Musk has been a constant presence at Mar-a-Lago since Trump won the presidential election.The president-elect has often said he would give Musk a formal role overseeing a group akin to a blue-ribbon commission that would recommend ways to slash spending and make the federal government more efficient. Musk at one point suggested he could find more than $2 trillion in savings nearly a third of total annual government spending.Trump had made clear that Musk would likely not hold any kind of full-time position, given his other commitments.I dont think I can get him full-time because hes a little bit busy sending rockets up and all the things he does, Trump said at a rally in Michigan in September. He said the waste in this country is crazy. And were going to get Elon Musk to be our cost cutter.Ramaswamy suspended his campaign in January and threw his support behind Trump.Trump said in his statement the two will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies."