Morning digest: October 2, 2026

A mixed overnight window: Virginia’s Supreme Court wiped out a voter-approved congressional remap, the Fed kept talking down urgency for another October hike ahead of this morning’s jobs print, and a cluster of lifestyle studies sharpened the case that diet, movement, and sleep environment still move the needle on diabetes, mood, and recovery. Virginia and the midterms The clearest political shock of the window landed in Richmond. On Friday the Virginia Supreme Court ruled 4–3 that the Democratic-led General Assembly had violated procedural rules when it put a mid-decade redistricting amendment on the ballot.