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Friends yesterday that money to fund a major boost to defence spending will come partly from a “revved-up economy” and reimbursements from foreign countries where the US provides military assistance. Trump’s Administration has proposed cutting funding to the State Department and the US Agency for International Development by more than a third in a move that drew immediate push-back from senators on both sides of the aisle. The White House Office of Management and Budget has proposed cuts of 37 per cent at two agencies that provide US foreign aid, according to two people familiar with the matter. Photos of White House adviser Kellyanne Conway kneeling on an Oval Office couch with her shoes on have sparked an online debate about decorum in the executive mansion. Conway is seen perched on her knees on the couch with her feet behind her in photos taken on Tuesday while Trump met with leaders of historically black colleges and universities. Christopher Steele, the former British spy who authored a controversial dossier on behalf of Trump’s political opponents alleging ties between Trump and Russia reached an agreement with the FBI a few weeks before the election for the bureau to pay him to continue his work, according to several people familiar with the arrangement. Communications between the FBI and the the former MI6 agent were interrupted and the FBI did not end up paying him, the sources said.