U.S. Energy Secretary said U.S. LNG exports topped 100 mln tonnes last year for the first time and are expected to exceed 120 mln tonnes this year. He said growth has been driven by firms including Caturus, which recently announced a large-scale expansion of its Gulf Coast LNG export facility.

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President Trump posted on social media attacking media outlets and CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins, calling her a "third-rate 'reporter'" and "a very unpleasant person." He accused CNN and MSNBC of being "sick" and "disloyal," questioned why reporters were "shouting and chattering like crazy" in the U.N. press area, said Collins is "addicted to Trump," and added that "the good news" is they have a judge he described as very favorable to them but "completely disloyal."