Republican gives Trump Cabinet member more than he bargained for at Senate grilling

An embattled Cabinet member in President Donald Trump's administration received a curt instruction from an unlikely source Tuesday while testifying before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee.

Howard Lutnick, the secretary of commerce and a longtime Wall Street executive, was testifying formally about his department and broadband funding issues. The hearing made waves as it quickly became dominated by questions about his past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

But in another eyebrow-raising moment, Sen.