Grandsons of President Jimmy Carter and President John F. Kennedy helped launch the second night of this year’s Democratic National Convention. If my own grandfather were still around, I have no doubt that he’d be voting for the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.

Next steps on government funding are uncertain. Lawmakers are not close to completing work on the dozen annual appropriations bills that will fund federal agencies during the next fiscal year, so they'll need to approve a stopgap measure to prevent a partial shutdown when that budget year begins Oct.