Uber and Lyft are considering franchise models to avoid shutdowns in California, but warn that they could be more expensive and less reliable

Subscribe now and access premium content View online           Politics Select           Uber and Lyft are considering franchise models to avoid shutdowns in California, but warn that they could be more expensive and less reliable   Both companies confirmed they've explored alternative models beyond the contractor vs. employee framework, but a shutdown is still possible this week.   READ MORE           Oracle just reportedly entered the race to buy TikTok's US operations, competing with rival Microsoft for the viral app as Trump's deadline looms   Oracle founder Larry Ellison is a close Trump ally and the company's CEO served on the president's transition team.   READ MORE           The 19th Amendment passed 100 years ago today. The evolution of American voting rights in 244 years shows how far we've come — and how far we still have to go   While the founding fathers saw voting as a fundamental component of democracy, they only granted the right to vote to white, male property owners.   READ MORE             This Minnesota politician has more than 140,000 TikTok followers and is embracing the app as Trump seeks to ban it from the US   Little is among a small group of (mostly Democratic) members of congress leaning into the app's popularity with young voters, according to Politico.   READ MORE           A Republican central to Trump's reelection campaign led secret talks to remove him from the 2016 ballot, sources say   Katie Walsh discussed dropping Trump weeks before he beat Hillary Clinton, sources told Insider. Walsh denies making the effort.   READ MORE           Here are all pardons and commutations Trump has given so far — and who he could choose next   President Donald Trump has repeatedly used some of his most sweeping, unfettered powers: the right to grant pardons and commutations.   READ MORE           A new Trump campaign ad painting Biden as senile is at the top of YouTube's homepage and getting lots of play on Fox News during the Democrats' convention   The Trump campaign ad uses clips of Biden stuttering or losing his train of thought. The video — on YouTube's homepage — has nearly 2 million views.   READ MORE           Trump attacked Michelle Obama for citing an outdated COVID-19 death toll in her prerecorded DNC speech — 20,000 more Americans have died since she recorded her speech   Trump's words raised eyebrows among observers who pointed out that he was inadvertently drawing attention to his failure to control the pandemic.   READ MORE           Biden is reportedly not leasing his own campaign plane, ending a decades-long tradition of presidential candidate jets   Campaign planes have allowed presidential candidates to crisscross the country in a single day to maximize exposure in the build-up to an election.   READ MORE           Inside Number One Observatory Circle, the often overlooked but stunning residence where every vice president has lived since 1977   The official residence of the vice president, located north of the White House, is hidden from view and comes with a dog memorial park.   READ MORE           Was this email forwarded to you? SUBSCRIBE NOW     You received this email because you signed up to this Business Insider newsletter using the email: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   Email preferences Unsubscribe TERMS OF SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY 1 Liberty Plaza, 8th Floor. New York, NY 10006