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NPR Retracts Article That Mistakenly Said Justice Alito Would Retire ... Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT NPR on Tuesday retracted an article that said Samuel Alito, an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, had retired. The article, written by the veteran Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg, said Justice Alito had announced his retirement. He has made no such announcement about his role, and a Supreme Court spokesman on Tuesday called NPR’s article “inaccurate.” By midmorning Tuesday, the article had been replaced with a brief editor’s note: “Earlier today we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. He has not announced his retirement and we have retracted the story.” Thomas Evans, NPR’s editor in chief, said in a statement that the article had been published because of a “misunderstanding.” “As soon as the error was realized, the story was retracted and removed from NPR’s website and an on-air correction was broadcast,” he said. Mrs. Totenberg, 82, has been covering the Supreme Court for more than 40 years. NPR’s public editor later published a detailed account of the circumstances that led to the error on Tuesda…

NPR Retracts Supreme Court Justice Alito Retirement Story NPR has retracted a story about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after mistakenly reporting on Tuesday that he was retiring. The move comes after the original article by Nina Totenberg sparked panic among press covering the Supreme Court. The mistake was flagged in the live chat of SCOTUS Blog where they were discussing the court’s opinions, with one user writing: “NPR is announcing that Alito is retiring — but still has not been confirmed” to which another responded: “So much for my lunch.” Another questioned whether the article was posted by mistake. After asking the Supreme Court’s Public Information Office for confirmation, it was later confirmed that the reporting was inaccurate and that NPR was taking it down. “This as you can expect, is causing quite a stir in the Press Room,” a moderator of the live chat said. “The PIO just emphasized that the court has not made any announcement to that effect.” Read Next Nicolle Wallace Cracks Up On-Air Over Trump’s Great American State Fair Meltdown: ‘I Can’t Believe I’m Reading This’ In addition to reporting his retirement, the article’s headline highlighted Alito’s decision …

Now 88° Thu 94° Fri 92° Prolonged high heat impacts all week long. Heat indices as high as 105 degrees each day. Take extra precautions when outside. byALEXX ALTMAN-DEVILBISS | The National News Desk (TNND) —The NPR reporter who incorrectly reported that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring on Tuesday publicly apologized after thenews outlet quickly retracted the story. Aneditor's notein the now-deleted article said the report was pulled because "neither Alito nor the court's public information office has announced his retirement." On NPR's"All Things Considered,"veteran legal correspondent Nina Totenberg said she wrote a letter to Alito taking full responsibility for the mistake. "Dear Justice Alito, there are no words to adequately apologize for today's error in reporting your retirement. It was entirely my fault. I rushed out of the courtroom after the opinion announcements, and when I realized that the usual rush of folks after a few minutes had not happened, I asked somebody what was going on inside, to which the answer was retirement announcements," Totenberg said, reading the letter aloud. "I didn't hear the 's' on announcements, and assumed something…

NPR Retracts Report Announcing Samuel Alito's Retirement Photo: Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images While there are always rumors around about Supreme Court justices retiring, especially after releasing their final decisions of the term, it was a genuine surprise when NPR reported that “Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, retires.” It was an even bigger surprise, minutes later, when it became clear the report was a mistake. The folks at SCOTUSblog — who were still running a liveblog about this morning’s decisions — expressed their own skepticism about the report. Then they confirmed that NPR chief Supreme Court correspondent Nina Totenberg, who has previously broken stories of justices’ retirements, said it was a mistake. Not long after, NPR took down the article and posted a retraction in its place. “Earlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring,” NPR wrote in additional note. “Neither Alito nor the court’s public information office has announced his retirement, and we have retracted the story.” NPR editor in chief Tommy Evans then offered a longer explanation, and said that Tote…

Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press On the final day ofthe Supreme Court's session, National Public Radio quickly retracted an article Tuesday that incorrectly reported that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, blaming the error on “a misunderstanding.” The article was written by NPR’s veteran Supreme Court reporter, Nina Totenberg, who planned to address the issue on air later in the day, the news organization said. Recommended Videos An editor's note posted by some NPR affiliates said: “Earlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. Neither Alito nor the court’s public information office has announced his retirement, and we have retracted the story.” Later, a statement from Editor-in-Chief Tommy Evans said NPR regretted the error and the confusion it may have caused. “Due to a misunderstanding, NPR’s Supreme Court and Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg incorrectly reported that Justice Samuel Alito had retired. Neither Justice Alito nor the Supreme Court Public Information Office has announced his retirement,” Evans said. “As soon as the error was realized, the story was retracted and removed from NPR’s websi…

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NPR retracts article incorrectly reporting Justice Alito's retirement Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito attends Pope Leo XIV’s audience for operators of justice in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) On the final day ofthe Supreme Court’s session, National Public Radio quickly retracted an article Tuesday that incorrectly reported that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, blaming the error on “a misunderstanding.” The article was written by NPR’s veteran Supreme Court reporter, Nina Totenberg, who planned to address the issue on air later in the day, the news organization said. An editor’s note posted by some NPR affiliates said: “Earlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. Neither Alito nor the court’s public information office has announced his retirement, and we have retracted the story.” Later, a statement from Editor-in-Chief Tommy Evans said NPR regretted the error and the confusion it may have caused. “Due to a misunderstanding, NPR’s Supreme Court and Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg incorrectly reported that Justice Samuel Alito had retired. …

NPR retracts article incorrectly reporting Justice Alito's retirement ... NPR retracts article incorrectly reporting Justice Alito's retirement, citing 'misunderstanding' Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press Published: June 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM FILE - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito attends Pope Leo XIV's audience for operators of justice in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) (Alessandra Tarantino, Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) On the final day of the Supreme Court's session , National Public Radio quickly retracted an article Tuesday that incorrectly reported that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, blaming the error on “a misunderstanding.” The article was written by NPR’s veteran Supreme Court reporter, Nina Totenberg, who planned to address the issue on air later in the day, the news organization said. Recommended Videos An editor's note posted by some NPR affiliates said: “Earlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. Neither Alito nor the court’s public information office has announced his retirement, and we have retracted the story.” …

NPR retracts article incorrectly reporting Justice Alito’s retirement, citing ‘misunderstanding’ <p>National Public Radio on Tuesday reported, then quickly retracted, that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring &#8212; a mistake by its veteran court reporter that prompted an apology from the news organization&#8217;s executive editor and an entire column by its public editor explaining what happened and how.</p>

A veteran Supreme Court correspondent apparently jumped the gun with a report that Justice Samuel Alito is retiring, but then quickly retracted the breaking news article. www.rawstory.com/samuel-alito...

NPR Retracts Report That Justice Samuel Alito Is Retiring NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. and Justice Samuel Alito Getty Images; Everett Collection UPDATED: Shortly after the final opinion of the Supreme Court ‘s term was announced on Tuesday, NPR published a bombshell that sent the high court’s press room scrambling: An official announcement that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. Yet, minutes later, the story was pulled, with the message , “Editors Note: Earlier today we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. He has not announced his retirement and we have retracted the story.” Related Stories News Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Effort To Restrict Birthright Citizenship News Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Appeal Of E. Jean Carroll Defamation Verdict There is typically speculation of retirements at the end of the court’s term, and Alito, who has been a justice for 20 years, has been the source of speculation as one of the longest serving members, as has Clarence Thomas, who was confirmed in 1991. Watch on Deadline NPR’s editor in chief Thomas Evans said in a statement, “Due to a misunderstanding, NPR’s Supreme Court and Legal…

NPR retracts article incorrectly reporting Justice Alito's retirement FILE – Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito attends Pope Leo XIV’s audience for operators of justice in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) By Associated Press PUBLISHED: June 30, 2026 at 3:16 PM EDT | UPDATED: June 30, 2026 at 3:18 PM EDT Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By JOCELYN NOVECK On the final day of the Supreme Court’s session , National Public Radio quickly retracted an article Tuesday that incorrectly reported that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, blaming the error on “a misunderstanding.” The article was written by NPR’s veteran Supreme Court reporter, Nina Totenberg, who planned to address the issue on air later in the day, the news organization said. An editor’s note posted by some NPR affiliates said: “Earlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. Neither Alito nor the court’s public information office has announced his retirement, and we have retracted the story.” Later, a statement from Editor-in-Chief Tommy Evans said NPR regretted the error and the confusion it may hav…