A punishing 2024 election cycle for US Democrats has accelerated a years-long debate over the party’s future and what voters want in a political age dominated by United States President Donald Trump. In two early primary races for US congressional seats, 32-year-old Nida Allam and 26-year-old Kat Abughazaleh hope to provide an answer, with both launching brazen progressive campaigns built on unapologetic stances calling for the abolishment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a hard reset of US policy amid Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the reversal of a rights backslide, and worker-first policies. In the wake of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, and Iran’s resulting strikes on countries across the region, the pair have also vowed to grow anti-war voices in Congress calling for c...