White House Correspondents' Association chair Jacqui Heinrich said the White House's decision to revoke press credentials for CNN, Politico and MSNBC violates the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.

The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said it will simplify market access by optimizing entry rules, improving foundational registration laws and deepening reform of the registered-capital subscription system to lower institutional transaction costs and make firm entry easier. It will also facilitate orderly exits for long-dormant or ceased businesses to ensure market turnover. SAMR will deploy standards, price enforcement and quality supervision to curb 'involution'-style low-price internal competition and push firms to focus on quality and efficiency. Enforcement of antitrust and unfair-competition rules will be strengthened, with upgraded monopoly-risk monitoring and warning capabilities and improved efficiency of merger reviews. For platform companies, SAMR plans tighter oversight of data, algorithms, traffic and platform rules and will hold platforms accountable as gatekeepers while promoting innovation and healthy platform-economy development.

Moscow mayor Sobyanin said on social media on the 20th that since early hours over 150 Ukrainian drones were launched toward Moscow and surrounding areas, and that Russian air-defence systems shot down the majority. Kyiv city military administration said the capital issued an air-raid alert early on the 20th amid missile and drone threats.