Donald Trump 2020 campaign U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign files a defamation lawsuit against Wisconsin TV station WJFW-TV for airing an advertisement by Priorities USA Action which criticizes Trump's response to COVID-19.
Presidential nominee Less than a week after dropping out of the race, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders officially endorses former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee in the general election.
COVID-19 pandemic Wyoming's Governor Mark Gordon reports the state's first death from COVID-19 in Johnson County, meaning all 50 U.S. states have now recorded a fatality from the virus.
The United States Navy confirms the first death of a sailor serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS "Theodore Roosevelt". Over 500 sailors on the ship have tested positive for the virus.
The Department of Health and Social Care reports 4,342 new confirmed cases and 717 more deaths from COVID-19, bringing the UK's death toll to 11,329 and 88,621 total cases.
2020 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone wildfires Wildfires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, reach the abandoned city of Pripyat, 2 km away from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Easter Sunday The tornado outbreak continues from Easter Sunday across the Southeastern United States. At least 30 people are confirmed dead.
COVID-19 pandemic The Walt Disney Company reports it is entering a 5{{nbsp}}billion unsecured credit agreement, possibly to make up for shortfalls in its theme park division. Citibank, N.A. is the main broker of the deal.
Second Libyan Civil War The Libyan National Army confirms one of its Mi-35 helicopters has been shot down near Misrata, killing three crew members onboard.
GNA forces recapture the city of Sabratha, and the nearby town of Sorman in the Zawiya District, while seizing armored vehicles and weapons belonging to the Libyan National Army.