Britain to lower voting age to 16 before next national election

London — Britain will lower the voting age from 18 to 16 by the next national election as part of measures to increase democratic participation, the government announced Thursday. The center-left Labour Party pledged before it was elected in July 2024 to lower the voting age for elections to Britain’s Parliament. Scotland and Wales already let

NPR CEO: Cuts could be “a real risk to the public safety of the country”

Before the Senate voted early Thursday morning to pass a rescissions package that includes major cuts to public broadcasting, National Public Radio President and CEO Katherine Maher warned, “defunding this is a real risk to the public safety of the country.” “Public media, public radio, public television, are a critical part of the emergency response