Kristi Noem has promoted a ruthless Department of Homeland Security enforcer who is nicknamed “The Terminator” as she seeks to “dismantle” the Federal Emergency Management Agency on behalf of President Donald Trump.

Karen Evans, 58, a longtime federal IT and cybersecurity official, was the “final gatekeeper” on spending inside FEMA—“terminating grants, terminating contracts, terminating people,” former officials told CNN.

They said her line-by-line vetoes stalled cash for communities preparing for—or digging out from—disasters.

A “Karen” is a stereotype for an entitled, rules-wielding scold, someone who leverages authority to demand rigid compliance.

Evans’ behavior at DHS, which critics characterized to CNN as a ruthless pursuit of control and cost-cutting, suggests she lives up to

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