NPR published, then retracted, a story on Tuesday that said the Supreme Court had announced Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was retiring.
The story briefly appeared on NPR’s homepage Tuesday morning, minutes after the Supreme Court issued several major rulings on its final day of the 2025-26 term.
The story was taken down minutes later and replaced with an editor’s note that said it had been “published in error.”
Representatives for NPR did not immediately return a request for comment.
“NPR’s story on Justice Alito is inaccurate and any report they had a court statement was inaccurate,” Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe told reporters.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld birthright citizenship, keeping in place a legal principle — that almost everyone born on U.S. soil is a citizen — that has defined who is considered American for more than 150 years.
The Supreme Court also ruled that states can bar transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports and agreed to lift limits on how much political parties can spend in cooperation with candidates.
Julian Mark contributed to this report.
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