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Trump taps Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy to lead Department of Government Efficiency [Video]

President-elect Donald Trump announced today that Elon Musk will head the new Department of Government Efficiency, a non-governmental commission aimed at reducing government waste and cutting federal bureaucracy. Musk will work alongside entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to achieve substantial structural reforms within federal agencies. 

According to Trump’s statement, the two are tasked with achieving this goal by the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 2026.

“I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (‘DOGE’). Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies — Essential to the ‘Save America’ Movement,” Trump said. 

Why did Trump choose Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy for this initiative?

Trump’s statement emphasizes Musk’s and Ramaswamy’s backgrounds in entrepreneurship as …

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Florist creates wreath for Officer Horan's funeral service [Video]

12 NEWS MOBILE APP. WE ARE EXPECTING A SEA OF BLUE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD TOMORROW. AS GREENSBORO AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SAYS GOODBYE TO OFFICER MICHAEL HORAN. TONIGHT, ONE IN STATE BUSINESS IS PREPARING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUNERAL. WXII 12 SARAH SOWERS HAS DETAILS ON A SPECIAL TRIBUTE FOR A FALLEN HERO FROM KINSTON TO GREENSBORO. ONE SPECIAL WREATH IS MAKING ITS WAY TO THE TRIAD AS A SYMBOL OF ETERNAL LIFE AND PEACE, HONORING OFFICER HORAN. THERES OFFICERS THERE THAT THANK ME FOR BRINGING IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IM THE ONE THATS THANKING THEM. RYDER MOZINGO HAS BEEN CREATING FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR 16 YEARS, HONORING FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. HE WAS ASKED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION TO CREATE A WHITE STAR WREATH WITH HUNDREDS OF FLOWERS. AND HE WAS THE SAME FLORIST THAT MADE THE MEMORIAL WREATH FOR SERGEANT NICKS LAST YEAR. ITS HIS WAY, HE SAYS, TO THANK OFFICERS ONE LAST TIME. I HOPE IT LEADS TO FAMILIES REALIZE HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATES THEIR SACRIFICE. YOU KNOW, WORRYING ABOUT IF THEIR HUSBANDS OR WIVES ARE COMING HOME THAT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THEY GO OUT THE DOOR, THERES THAT RISK THAT THEY MIGHT NOT COME BACK. AND I JUST WNT THEM TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO FOR US. ITS A PERSONAL CAUSE HE TOOK TO AFTER HIS OWN TRAINING, OFFICER, ALLISON PETERSON, DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN APRIL 2009. THE IMPACT OF ALLEN GETTING KILLED WAS REALLY, REALLY POWERFUL. TO ME. AND I DIDNT REALIZE UNTIL THEN HOW MUCH IT REALLY AFFECTED THE FAMILIES. AND TO HONOR RETIRED SHERIFFS THAT HAVE PASSED, AS WELL AS SOME OF HIS OWN FAMILY WHO SERVED. ITS AN HONOR FOR ME. MY MY GRANDFATHER WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 50 YEARS, AND MY MY AUNT WAS TOO. SO I MEAN, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK IN THIS SMALL WAY. MOZINGO WILL BE HAND DELIVERING OFFICER HERRONS WREATH TO WESTOVER CHURCH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE THE FUNERAL BEGINS. REPORTING IN GREENSBORO SARAH SOWERS, WXII 12 NEWS. AND WE WILL BRING YOU COVERAGE OF TOMORROWS SERVICE. YOULL FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE, WX