On this day, President Trump joined TikTok rival Triller , reflecting the ongoing geopolitical tensions surrounding tech platforms. Movies & Box Office: The Survival of Cinema
To draw people back to theaters, classics like The Empire Strikes Back and Jurassic Park were being screened in limited 2020 re-releases. World News: A World in Transition Daily Releases (17 Aug, 2020)
Former First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a powerful keynote speech, while Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Republican Governor John Kasich spoke in a show of bipartisan unity. On this day, President Trump joined TikTok rival
Fans were treated to the release of Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition on PC, bringing the acclaimed PlayStation exclusive to a new audience. Bernie Sanders and former Republican Governor John Kasich
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the House back from recess to vote on legislation to protect the U.S. Postal Service from service cuts ahead of the election.
With many theaters closed or operating at limited capacity, the box office was dominated by unconventional releases and drive-in staples.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill became one of the first major US colleges to pivot back to remote learning after a cluster of 130 cases was detected just one week into the semester.