Today's five.

Five justices decided a $400 million ballroom inside the White House can keep going up, even though two lower courts — and a dissenting Chief Justice Roberts — said the construction is "likely unlawful." The majority didn't rule on whether Trump broke federal law. They ruled that the National Trust for Historic Preservation didn't have standing to sue because their objections were purely aesthetic. The L.A. Times led with the override of lower courts; Reason focused on the standing question. The East Wing is already demolished. The ballroom argument, technically, is about an empty lot.

A 49-year-old woman stabbed two strangers in Times Square within 20 seconds of each other, killed one of them, then told responding officers "I will kill you" while advancing with two knives. Police shot her. She died. The 32-year-old woman she stabbed died at Bellevue. The 68-year-old man she also stabbed is stable. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch described it as random and unprovoked, and noted Cisneros had a prior history of mental health problems. Officers talked with her for four minutes before they fired. Four minutes is a long time when someone is holding two knives.

The White House posted a bald eagle attacking a Canadian goose to explain its trade policy, which is either the most honest branding in history or a cry for help. The Trump administration escalated tariffs on Canada last week — a country whose main offense is offering to sell America aluminum, oil, and wood. Reason called the logic incoherent. National Review noted the justifications have become "self-referential," which is a polite way of saying the war is now funding its own rationale. A Michigan Senate candidate put it more directly. The beaver is not ripping anyone off.

A jury took less time to convict Duane "Keffe D" Davis of murdering Tupac Shakur than most people spend at the DMV. Davis had spent decades telling anyone who would listen — police, a memoir, various recorded conversations — that he orchestrated the 1996 drive-by shooting near the Las Vegas Strip. His defense argued he was lying all those times. The jury disagreed. Deliberations lasted roughly three hours. Davis, 63, is now the only person ever convicted in Shakur's death — a case that stayed open for 28 years mostly because the key witness kept confessing voluntarily.

The Florida Department of Transportation ordered all Flock cameras removed from state highways, which is a rare case of a government agency citing quality of life to do less surveillance. The department blamed an "exponential increase" in plate-reading devices for forcing the decision. Business Insider led with the permit revocations; Blaze led with the privacy argument, including a quote that's basically a bumper sticker. A nationwide backlash against Flock cameras has been building for a while — the company's hardware is in thousands of municipalities and tracks movement in ways that make even some law enforcement supporters uncomfortable. Florida isn't the end of this conversation.