NPR reports – and quickly retracts – GOP Supreme Court justice's retirement

NPR retracts article incorrectly reporting Justice Alito's retirement, citing 'misunderstanding'

NPR has retracted an article that incorrectly reported Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring.

NPR retracts comically specific article about Supreme Court's Samuel Alito retiring, after he doesn't

This morning, NPR published a long, detailed article about U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito retiring. Announced from the bench, wrote veteran court reporter Nina Totenberg. But he hasn't retired; he wasn't even there today. Oops! Earlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. — Read the rest The post NPR retracts comically specific article about Supreme Court's Samuel Alito retiring, after he doesn't appeared first on Boing Boing.

Will Justice Alito Actually Retire? Here’s What We Know

WASHINGTON — As reporters across the nation scrambled to publish multiple massive Supreme Court stories on Tuesday morning, one newsroom’s error brought the news cycle to a grinding halt. NPR mistakenly published a story claiming that the famed Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, citing a Supreme Court announcement. Within minutes, the outlet clarified that this ...

SCOTUS Rocked as Legendary Reporter, 82, Makes Bombshell Error

Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesNPR has dramatically retracted a news story announcing that conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito would retire—and admitted its reporting was wrong.The story, written by longtime legal affairs NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg, 82, was published minutes after Alito dissented from the Supreme Court ruling to keep birthright citizenship in place.Her report was replaced by an editor’s note.Read more at The Daily Beast.

NPR Published, then Retracted, a Report About Alito’s Retirement. The Reaction on Capitol Hill Was Swift

NPR quickly retracted its “erroneous” report that Justice Alito was retiring, but not before House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office circulated the story with a note, viewed exclusively by Vanity Fair, thanking the justice for his service— a swift response that suggested the Republican congressman was prepared for, or at least readily accepted, the possibility of such an announcement.

NPR Retracts Erroneous Report of Justice Alito’s Retirement

NPR retracted a story Tuesday stating that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, declaring that it made an error and that there had been no such announcement. NPR posted the story moments after the Supreme Court finished its term, citing a statement from the press office. However, court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe told Politico that []...Click to read more

Chief Justice John Roberts accidentally fuels Samuel Alito Supreme Court retirement rumors

Chief Justice John Roberts accidentally fueled speculation about Justice Samuel Alito’s retirement when veteran NPR reporter Nina Totenberg misheard his remarks during the Supreme Court’s final session of the term on Tuesday, June 30. The misunderstanding prompted NPR to briefly publish a prewritten story announcing Alito’s retirement before retracting it within minutes, creating confusion across...

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NPR: 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. https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-4622951/samuel-alito-retires

AP’s long-time Supreme Court reporter Mark Sherman reflects on front row seat to legal history

WASHINGTON (AP) — ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mark Sherman has covered the Supreme Court for The Associated Press for 20 years during some of the most momentous decisions in history. He retired on Tuesday, the last day of the court term, and reflects on his experience. He has witnessed how by both happenstance and design the court has [] The post AP’s long-time Supreme Court reporter Mark Sherman reflects on front row seat to legal history appeared first on Loonie Politics.

NPR retracts story claiming Supreme Court Justice Alito is retiring

NPR retracted a bombshell report claiming Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito plans to retire. A story written by award-winning legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg was published briefly Tuesday morning, reporting that Alito, whose time ...

NPR retracts story announcing Alito’s retirement

NPR retracted an inaccurate story about Justice Samuel Alito’s supposed retirement on Tuesday after the latest series of Supreme Court decisions were handed down. NPR published an editor’s note in place of the original article, owning up to the mistake. “Earlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was []

NPR reveals how a misheard announcement led to it falsely claiming Justice Alito was retiring

NPR retracted a story falsely reporting Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring after correspondent Nina Totenberg misheard an announcement.

Senate again confronts challenges of aging membership...

Senate again confronts challenges of aging membership... (First column, 4th story, link) Related stories:HE LIVES! McConnell says he was hospitalized last month 'after a fall'... Drudge Report Feed needs your support! Become a Patron

The congressional gerontocracy

As a follow-up to Paul’s earlier post, more on the advancing age of Congress: For more than a month since Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, entered the hospital, Washington has been on something of a death watch for the frail 84-year-old former leader, who has provided no information about his condition. So the news [] The post The congressional gerontocracy appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.

Legacy Media Retracts Alito Story After SCOTUS Decisions

National Public Radio had to retract a story announcing the retirement of Justice Samuel Alito after the report was deemed false. The retraction comes after Alito faced widespread criticism over his recent opinions in different Supreme Court cases, including siding with conservative arguments to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports, dissenting in a case involving...

Speculation Swirls After Veteran NPR Reporter Publishes False Story About Alito Retiring

Did Justice Alito just Canary Trap the Dobbs v Jackson leaker???? The post Speculation Swirls After Veteran NPR Reporter Publishes False Story About Alito Retiring first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

News outlet mistakenly releases Mitch McConnell memoriam piece

The Hill inadvertently published an article clearly intended to be held until Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) death.Titled A lookback at Mitch McConnell's time in the Senate, the piece was reportedly prefaced with an all-caps editorial warning, DO NOT USE. The article was screenshotted and shared on social media before removal. McConnell, 84, a decades-long Senate titan who previously served as Republican Leader, has been hospitalized since June 14, reports PBS. Limited public details about his condition have emerged, though some sources claim he is recovering. The incident follows unsubstantiated claims from far-right influencer Laura Loomer, who alleged without evidence that McConnell is officially brain dead. No other sources have corroborated her claims. The mishap mirrors a recent NPR error when journalist Nina Totenberg published an article announcing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's retirement, which has not occurred.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

NPR Runs False Justice Alito Retirement Story

Nina Totenberg’s reporting leaves more questions than answers.

The 2026 Supreme Court -- a ‘C Minus’ at Best

Photo Credit:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States_-_Roberts_Court_2022.jpg Supreme CourtBy Don BrownThe Supreme Court’s just-concluded term produced several important victories for constitutional principles. Unfortunately, two catastrophic failures dragged the Court’s overall performance down.

Time is ticking on Obergefell’s radically extreme social changes in America * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh

Source link Supreme Court justices in 2022 It’s been 11 years since a bare majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, one single vote in fact, and those votes made up

Washington’s Retirement Rules Are Stuck in the Carter Era

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Two Supreme Court Justices Are Headed to Congress

Two Supreme Court Justices Are Headed to Congress

Editor's note: NPR retracts story

Editor's note: NPR retracts story

What These Recent Supreme Court Rulings Could Mean for All Black Americans

From voting rights to prison sentences, recent Supreme Court decisions could reshape policy and disproportionately affect Black Americans.

McConnell’s health emergency sparks questions on whether he will return to Senate

Emergency dispatch audio indicating that someone at Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) home in Washington, D.C., suffered “cardiac arrest” earlier this month has raised questions about when the former GOP leader will return to the Senate or whether he will return at all. McConnell’s office has provided few details about his health status but reported a...

Media Outlet In Damage Control Mode

It was already shaping up to be one of the busiest news days of the Supreme Court’s term. The justices handed down major rulings on birthright citizenship, campaign finance, and transgender participation in school sports, sending legal reporters scrambling to digest a flurry of consequential opinions. Then NPR found itself at the center of a []

McConnell's health emergency sparks questions on whether he will return to Senate

Emergency dispatch audio indicating that someone at Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) home in Washington, D.C., suffered cardiac arrest earlier this month has raised questions about when the former GOP leader will return to the Senate or whether he will return at all. McConnell's office has provided few details about his health status but reported a few days ago that he appreciates the outpouring of support he's receiving while he continues his recovery in the hospital.

NPR’s ‘Alito Retiring’ Retraction Raises Question: What About All the Other Erroneous Stories It Hasn’t Retracted?

NPR has retracted its story claiming that Justice Alito is retiring, replacing it with an editor’s note explaining that the story “was published in error.”The coming days will disclose whether the error was publishing it a few days too soon or publishing it at all. NPR attributed it to “a misunderstanding” by 82-year-old Nina Totenberg, who has been at NPR for half a century. Either way, at least in this situation NPR editors publicly acknowledged an error and took the story down. That’s more than they’ve done for hundreds of other articles that are similarly erroneous but, alas, remain unretracted and without editor’s notes on NPR websites and audio platforms. The post NPR’s ‘Alito Retiring’ Retraction Raises Question: What About All the Other Erroneous Stories It Hasn’t Retracted? appeared first on .

Supreme Court feud just put Trump’s plan in jeopardy: legal analyst

A spat between two Supreme Court justices is putting Trump’s plans in jeopardy, a legal expert noted. Justice Samuel Alito looks poised to stay on as a counterweight to Justice Sonia Sotomayor after their “wacko interaction” spilled out into public view, Michael Popok said during a recent episode of the Unprecedented podcast. Sotomayor read her []