Voter roll purges, power of belief, Met Gala: Catch up on the day’s stories | CNN

👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Tonight’s Met Gala will bring together celebrities for a glamorous evening of fundraising and fashion, but this year’s billionaire sponsor is causing quite a stir. 📧 Sign up for our new Big Style newsletter, where clothing meets culture. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. They’ve traditionally been completed at least 90 days out from an election, but President Donald Trump is pushing for aggressive reviews targeting non-citizens and other ineligible voters. His efforts are testing the limits of federal law. The video game retailer GameStop is looking to redefine itself as a legitimate competitor to Amazon. How? By making a daring $56 billion offer to buy a company nearly four times its size. It was a family-owned Christian summer camp where wealthy families sent their daughters. Then tragedy struck last July. The family that ran Camp Mystic fought for months to reopen it before abruptly shifting course. There can be power in positive thinking, but best-selling author Nir Eyal takes it a step further. Research suggests that having optimistic views on aging could add years to your life. It was a rave like any other, wi

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