Key facts
- NPR published a story claiming Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring.
- The story was written by NPR's Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg.
- NPR retracted the story shortly after it was published, citing an error.
- Justice Alito has not announced his retirement.
National Public Radio retracted a story on June 30, 2026, that erroneously reported Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. The article, authored by NPR's Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg, was quickly removed from the outlet's website after it began to circulate online.
An editor's note from NPR confirmed the story was published in error and that Justice Alito has not announced his retirement. Speculation regarding the 76-year-old justice's potential retirement has been ongoing since he was briefly hospitalized in April.
Forbes confirmed that Alito had not announced his retirement as of Tuesday morning and reached out to the Supreme Court's public information office for comment.