NPR retracts a report that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is retiring after the item briefly appeared on NPR's website.The story, filed by Nina Totenberg, was removed after skepticism from SCOTUSblog and when neither Alito nor the Court confirmed a retirement.The error follows the Court's recent major ruling on birthright citizenship and a string of retirement rumors about long-serving conservatives including Clarence Thomas; the Wall Street Journal reported in 2024 that Alito had no plans to retire.The retraction reignites debate over succession because a vacancy would enable former President
Donald Trump to seek another nomination, and
NPR has promised further explanation about the publication error.