Four US service members dead after KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in Iraq: CENTCOM
Four U.S. service members were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq Thursday afternoon, officials confirmed.
A U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft went down in western Iraq around 2 p.m. ET, U.S. Central Command confirmed early Friday. Four of the six crew members aboard the aircraft have been confirmed dead as rescue efforts continue.
The circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation. Officials said the loss of the aircraft was not the result of hostile fire or friendly fire.
The identities of the service members are being withheld pending notification of next of kin and will be released 24 hours after those notifications are complete.
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Suspect in attack that targeted a Jewish synagogue in Michigan has been identified
The suspect in Thursday’s attack that targeted a Jewish synagogue in Michigan has been preliminarily identified as 41-year-old Lebanese-born American citizen Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, according to three law enforcement sources who spoke to Fox News.
He reportedly targeted the Jewish community after suffering family losses in Lebanon during the country’s conflict with Israel, Dearborn Heights Mayor Mo Baydoun said, adding that Ghazali was a resident of the city.
Ghazali allegedly rammed a vehicle into Temple Israel, a large Reform Jewish synagogue in West Bloomfield, at roughly 12:30 p.m. local time. He then exited the vehicle with a rifle and exchanged gunfire with armed security, who shot and killed him.
“The tragic attack on Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan was carried out by Ayman Mohamad Ghazali,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to Fox News.
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Investigation underway
The mayor of Dearborn Heights said in a statement on social media that the suspect reportedly lost several family members in an Israeli attack on their home in Lebanon.
“Earlier today, we learned that the individual responsible for the incident that took place at Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield was a resident of Dearborn Heights. He died at the scene,” Mo Baydoun said.
“Earlier this month, he lost several members of his own family, including his niece and nephew, in an Israeli attack on their home in Lebanon.”
Baydoun further condemned the attack and urged residents to stay aware and vigilant, “especially as we gather during these sacred final days of Ramadan.”
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Pathway to the US
Multiple law enforcement sources and federal authorities said the suspect, who lived near Dearborn, Michigan, entered the United States as the spouse of a U.S. citizen roughly 15 years ago under the Obama administration. He was subsequently granted citizenship five years later in 2016.
Ghazali, who was born in Lebanon on Jan. 4, 1985, entered the U.S. through the Detroit Metropolitan International Airport, on May 10, 2011, as the spouse of a U.S. citizen, according to the DHS.
He reportedly held an IR1 immigrant visa — a type of green card typically granted to couples married for at least two years at the time of visa approval or entry — indicating that the couple was married by May 2009.
Before his arrival, his partner filed two petitions in December 2009 under a dual-filing strategy, a fiancé petition and an alien relative petition, both of which were approved in April 2010, authorities said.
He then applied for naturalization on Oct. 20, 2015, and was granted U.S. citizenship on Feb. 5, 2016, under the Obama administration.
Local media outlet The Detroit News added that Ghazali was a worker in Dearborn Heights.
Law enforcement officials cautioned that the identification remains preliminary as investigators continue to investigate Thursday’s incident.
Aftermath of attack
In the wake of the attack, Henry Ford Health reported that at least eight first responders involved in the incident were treated at the hospital by emergency teams.
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Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said earlier that one security guard was struck by the suspect’s truck. The number of affected responders then rose significantly, with roughly 30 officers taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation after entering the building, Bouchard added in an update.
All preschool children and staff at the temple had been safely evacuated from the synagogue.
ODU suspect had history supporting ISIS but Soros-backed DA still blaming GOP
The George Soros-backed district attorney in Norfolk, Virginia, where Thursday’s mass shooting at Old Dominion University took place, doubled down on his viral comments, saying community members looking to place blame on the shooting should direct it towards pro-gun lawmakers and judges.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Ramin Fatehi was pressed by Fox News Digital to elaborate on his comments during the press conference earlier, prompting him to stand by his comments.
“I absolutely stand by what I said. It is the truth, no matter how much the gun lobby wants to deny it,” Fatehi said when asked if he stood by his comments despite Thursday’s mass shooter in Virginia having a public record of supporting Islamic terrorism.
The shooter, a former National Guardsman and naturalized citizen from Sierra Leone, was previously sentenced in 2017 for attempting to provide material support to ISIS, but appears to have been released by the Federal Bureau of Prisons in late 2024 during the Biden administration.
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“We have confirmed reports that prior to him conducting this act of terrorism, he shouted all our stated Allahu Akbar,” Special Agent in Charge Dominique Evans said in a Thursday evening news conference.
“No matter the ideology of an attacker, that attacker is more dangerous with a gun than without one,” Fatehi, whose top two donors include the Soros-subsidized Justice and Public Safety PAC and Democracy PAC, said. A Fox News Digital review found that the two Soros-funded PACs donated over $650,000 combined to his campaign coffers between 2021 and 2025.
A conservative group that tracks nonprofit spending, The Capital Research Center, reported that across a decade, between 2012 and 2022, Soros spent $40 million on the Justice and Public Safety PAC, which is known for supporting left-wing prosecutors. Democracy PAC, a super PAC created by Soros in 2019, was given nearly $30 million during the first three months of 2020, The Capital Research Center also reported.
Some of the better-known liberal prosecutors supported by these Soros-backed groups include recalled San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, former Chicago District Attorney Kim Foxx and former Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, according to the Capital Research Center.
On Thursday, Fatehi, who has served as the Commonwealth’s Attorney in Norfolk since 2022, walked up to the podium during a post-shooting press conference unprovoked before giving his remarks about who should be to blame – at least in part – for the shooting.
“I’m constrained in what I can say about the facts of the case, but I can speak a little more freely about the bigger questions,” Fatehi said after walking up to the podium.
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“These men work every day to make people safe,” he continued, referring to law enforcement officials. “People are as safe on the ODU campus as anywhere, arguably safer than in other parts of Norfolk. But this is not an ODU problem. This is a national sickness. We live in a country where people care more about guns than they care about 6-year-old children. They care more about guns than they care about synagogue worshipers. And they care more about guns than they do about college students.”
The left-wing prosecutor went on to say that it doesn’t matter “how hard” law enforcement or the university works to ensure tragic incidents like what happened Thursday, are not repeated, adding that “somebody will be a victim eventually.”
These remarks sparked backlash on social media, with several conservatives attacking him and bringing up the criminal history of the shooter.
“I really try not to cuss here, but Fatehi can f— right off with this statement,” BearingArms editor Cam Edwards posted on X.
“Given this lunatic is the DA, there’s like a 90% chance he’s going to charge the hero who stabbed the Islamist to death to stop the attack,” RedState writer Bonchie wrote on X.
“You see, ISIS terrorists wouldn’t be terrorists if it weren’t for Republican gun culture or something,” Bonchie said in another X post. “Mind-numbing.”
“I generally stop short of telling bad faith morons to go to hell because eternal damnation isn’t a trifling matter, but this level of intentional and malicious imbecility is testing my resolve,” Amy Swearer, a senior legal fellow at Advancing American Freedom, wrote on X.
“Until there is the political will to break the spell of the cult of gun absolutism, you will see more incidents like this. So, if you are looking for somebody to blame, don’t look at anybody up here, look at our lawmakers who don’t have the courage to implement sensible gun control measures, look to a Supreme Court that enables them, and do something about it,” Fatehi continued.
“That is the lesson – let’s mourn the people who’ve died, let’s decry what has happened, but let’s keep the focus where it belongs. It belongs on us, and having to change something so that we don’t have to suffer through this.”
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Multiple federal sources confirmed to Fox News that the suspected shooter at ODU was Mohamed Jalloh. The shooting occurred shortly before 10:49 a.m., the university said in an emergency alert. The gunman was later pronounced dead when responding officers arrived following a shooting near ROTC cadets, Police Chief Garrett Shelton told reporters during a news conference.
Reporting from the New York Post indicated that Jalloh was targeting ROTC members on campus, before one eventually stepped in to stop the madness, stabbing and killing the suspect.
Later in the day Thursday, ODU Police Chief Garrett Shelton indicated one victim died from the shooting, along with the gunman, while two others were injured. FBI Director Kash Patel also indicated Thursday that federal authorities were investigating the matter as an act of terrorism.
Man, 25, bitten by rare reptile succumbs despite month-long hospital fight
A California mountain biker has died after a rattlesnake encounter in a nature preserve prompted a monthlong hospitalization.
Julian Enrique Hernandez, 25, of Costa Mesa, died on March 4, according to the Orange County Coroner’s Office.
The initial emergency took place on Feb. 1 at around 11 a.m. local time at the Quail Hill Trailhead, a popular recreation spot near the Quail Hill Community Center.
The Irvine Police Department confirmed that Hernandez was mountain biking when he was bitten by a rattlesnake. The exact circumstances around how the bite happened remain unclear.
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The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) dispatched a crew to the scene and Hernandez was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
He remained in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for over 30 days.
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According to a verified GoFundMe page established by his brother, the family remained hopeful during the stay, though they noted his recovery was “expected to take much longer than anticipated.”
“Julian was 25. He was strong and healthy,” his family wrote in the GoFundMe. “He was alive when he got to the hospital. His whole family was there, advocating for him every step of the way. Julian did not survive.”
Following the 25-year-old’s death, the Hernandez family told CBS News Los Angeles via text message that they have initiated an independent third-party autopsy. The family declined on-camera interviews but described Julian as a “deeply loved son, brother, boyfriend and friend.”
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Fatalities from rattlesnake bites remain statistically rare in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are up to 8,000 people bitten by venomous snakes annually, and only about five cases result in death.
Local authorities continue to urge trail users at Quail Hill and surrounding Irvine parks to remain vigilant as warmer weather increases snake activity.
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Irvine Police and OCFA recommend:
Staying on designated paths.
Keeping a distance of at least 10 feet from any snake encountered.
Wearing protective gear and avoiding the use of headphones to ensure audible warnings (the “rattle”) can be heard.
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Teen missing after NYC trip to meet Roblox contact found dead in Brooklyn
A 15-year-old Long Island boy who vanished after telling his family he was meeting someone from the online game Roblox was found dead in Brooklyn waters two months later, police said.
Thomas Medlin, of St. James, New York, was recovered from waters off Red Hook in Brooklyn on March 7, the Suffolk County Police Department announced. Officials confirmed his identity Thursday.
Medlin left the Stony Brook School on Jan. 9 around 3:30 p.m. and ran to the Stony Brook train station, authorities said. He was last seen at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan around 5:30 p.m. later that day.
After his disappearance, Medlin’s family said their son had gone to New York City to meet someone he met through the online game Roblox.
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A Roblox spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital the platform is “built with safety at its core” and offers parental controls that allow parents to disable the in-game chat function.
“We are deeply troubled by this incident and are working with law enforcement to support their investigation,” the spokesperson said. “Roblox is built with safety at its core, including robust policies to help protect users that go beyond many other platforms. We have filters designed to block the sharing of personal information and don’t allow user-to-user image or video sharing.”
The company added that “while no system is perfect, our commitment to safety never ends, and we continue to evolve and strengthen our protections every day.”
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After reviewing Medlin’s social media and online gaming profiles, police determined the platforms were “not connected” to the teen’s disappearance.
Police added there is “no indication of criminal activity.”
Investigators determined through video and digital evidence that Medlin’s last known location was on the pedestrian walkway of the Manhattan Bridge on Jan. 9 at 7:06 p.m., and his cellphone was last active at 7:09 p.m.
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A splash was captured on surveillance video in the water below at 7:10 p.m., according to investigators. Authorities said Medlin was never seen walking off the bridge.
The investigation remains ongoing.
Trump’s strategic masterstroke in Iran revives peace through strength
In just a few days, Operation Epic Fury has eliminated Iran’s leadership, degraded its capacity to terrorize the West, and — for the moment — united the Middle East and most of the world around a vital American interest.
It’s still early, of course. But so far, President Donald Trump has achieved a strategic masterstroke. He has done so by reviving America’s oldest, simplest and best national security policy: peace through strength.
Yet Washington Democrats are blasting the president for ordering the attacks at all. They still cling, bitterly, to President Barack Obama’s delusion of pacifying the Ayatollahs through diplomacy and appeasement, not only lifting sanctions but literally delivering pallets of cash to one of America’s most dangerous enemies. On the other side of the aisle, some principled MAGA conservatives are understandably wary of another forever war in the Middle East.
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But both critiques misapprehend this mission, this commander-in-chief, and his national security strategy.
First, the president’s Go order Friday morning was not a rejection of diplomacy. It was an acknowledgment that diplomacy with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was impossible. Eight American presidents have tried to deal with Iran since the 1979 revolution. After 47 years of theft, murder, and terror, even Donald Trump was forced to acknowledge there was no deal there for America to make.
Diplomacy that isn’t ultimately backstopped by force isn’t diplomacy. It’s weakness — the kind that invites rather than prevents wars.
Once Trump decided to act, he ensured our troops would work hand-in-glove with the region’s most lethal military and best intelligence, courtesy of our friends in Israel.
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Second, Donald Trump is neither a Messianic crusader nor a naive nation-builder. He has been president for five years, and the closest thing to a “forever war” he has ever started was his boycott of the White House Correspondents Dinner – and even that is coming to an end. Trump has been a peaceable president and, indeed, a peace. His military interventions have been uniformly swift, decisive and effective.
Peace through strength is most associated with Ronald Reagan’s approach during the Cold War. But its principles can be seen in the foreign policies — however diverse in application — of Richard Nixon, Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, and the Founding generation.
George Washington said, “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” So is applying overwhelming force to quickly resolve discrete, urgent national threats diplomacy cannot. Trump has hewn closer to both rules than any president in a generation.
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As the Heritage Foundation documents in our new , President Trump has built his administration, our Armed Forces, and his global strategy around the defense of America’s vital interests. Remnants of his predecessors’ globalism and politicization still rattle around the federal budget and nat-sec bureaucracy. But Trump is reforming our military more rapidly and comprehensively than most experts give him credit for.
It’s not luck.
Trump’s pragmatic peace-through-strength approach protects himself, our troops, and our nation from potential quagmires. Even as spirits are running high this week, Trump speaks humbly about the narrow, modest goals of the Iran war: decapitateIran war: decapitate and defang the regime and then hand the country over to the Iranian people.
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No chest-thumping about a New World Order. No cringy, “Islam means peace” pandering. No “cakewalk” hubris. Just a straightforward settling of accounts with the beating heart of global terrorism and the oil-rich co-conspirator in Russian and Chinese mischief.
In a just world, Epic Fury would put an end to the GOP Establishment’s habit of smearing the America First Right as “isolationist.” Conservative critics of Bush-era adventurism were never any such thing. That is why most of us are cheering Trump’s leadership in Iran today.
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A targeted, overwhelming military response to decades of violent aggression and years of diplomatic stonewalling is what peace through strength looks like. So does President Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s reforms of the Pentagon budget. So do Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s frank, but friendly speeches, at the last two Munich Security Conferences.
Operation Epic Fury, like President Trump’s prior interventions in Iran and Venezuela, do not contradict his peace-brokering in Russia, Ukraine and elsewhere. They are all applications of peace through strength, the only American foreign policy that has ever really worked.
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Daily multivitamin has surprising effect on speed of aging, study finds
Aging can’t be stopped, but a daily pill could slow it down, according to new research led by Mass General Brigham in Boston.
Among people who took a multivitamin every day for two years, biological aging slowed down by about four months, found the study, which was published in Nature Medicine.
Biological aging refers to the pace of aging on a cellular level, which is often different from chronological age.
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The findings came from a large randomized clinical trial of nearly 1,000 healthy older adults averaging 70 years of age. The participants were divided into four groups — one took a daily multivitamin-multimineral supplement along with a cocoa extract, one took a daily cocoa extract and placebo, one took a placebo and multivitamin, and one took just a placebo, according to the study press release.
The researchers analyzed blood samples taken from the participants at three points during the study, looking at five biomarkers known as “epigenetic clocks” that measure age-related changes to DNA.
“Aging at the cellular level can be marked by DNA methylation, where in some cells it decreases and in some it increases,” Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, told Fox News Digital. “This is also described as epigenetic changes – or DNA expression.”
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Those who took multivitamins showed a biological aging slowdown across all biomarkers, including the two that are linked to longevity.
The biggest benefit was seen in those who already had a biological age that was older than their chronological age, the researchers found.
“There is a lot of interest today in identifying ways to not just live longer, but to live better,” said senior author Howard Sesso, associate director of the Division of Preventive Medicine in the Mass General Brigham Department of Medicine, in the press release.
“It was exciting to see the benefits of a multivitamin linked with markers of biological aging. This study opens the door to learning more about accessible, safe interventions that contribute to healthier, higher-quality aging.”
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Siegel, who was not involved in the study, described the results as “scientific and significant,” agreeing that they should be studied further.
It’s not clear which part of the multivitamin might be responsible for the aging slowdown, the doctor noted.
“There is a lot of interest today in identifying ways to not just live longer, but to live better.”
“There are so many possibilities, from biotin to calcium to zinc to vitamin B, C or D … to niacin and to metals like magnesium and copper,” he told Fox News Digital. “I am personally a believer in riboflavin, thiamine and vitamin D, but further research is needed to parse this out and determine a cause-effect relationship.”
There were some limitations of the research, including that the aging effects were small, and it’s not yet known how they might affect actual medical outcomes.
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The study population was also limited to mostly older ages and those of European ancestry, which could mean it wouldn’t be generalized to larger groups.
The research also did not explore the relationship between epigenetic clock changes and actual health outcomes, such as lower disease risk or greater lifespan.
The researchers are now planning follow-up research to explore whether the slowdown of biological aging continued after the trial, as well as the impact these improvements may have on clinical outcomes.
Additional studies will also look at other potential benefits of daily multivitamins, such as cognitive function and reduced cancer risk.
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“A lot of people take a multivitamin without necessarily knowing any benefits from taking it, so the more we can learn about its potential health benefits, the better,” said Sesso. “We are fortunate and excited to build upon a rich resource of biomarker data to test how two interventions may improve biological aging and reduce age-related clinical outcomes.”
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The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Tar Heels QB legend boycotts games over ‘things I’m hearing’ about Belichick program
North Carolina football is less than two weeks from opening summer camp ahead of its second season under seven-time Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Belichick.
Belichick led the Tar Heels to a 4-8 record in his first season in Chapel Hill, but a string of off-field headlines largely overshadowed the team.
The controversy has carried into the offseason, apparently prompting at least one prominent UNC football alumnus to forgo attending games in person when the 2026 season begins this fall.
Marquise Williams, who earned All-ACC honors during his four-year run with UNC, announced his plan to skip games this year.
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“I will not be attending any UNC football games this year!” Williams wrote Thursday on X. “The things I’m hearing man I would have never thought.” He added a broken heart emoji but did not elaborate on exactly what put him off.
Williams still lives in North Carolina and serves as quarterbacks coach at Louisburg College. He ranks sixth on UNC’s all-time passing yards list.
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While Williams’ exact reasoning remains unclear, much of the chatter surrounding the program has centered on Belichick, 73, and his 24-year-old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson.
During last year’s widely discussed “CBS News Sunday Morning” interview, Hudson faced accusations that she attempted to exert control during the former NFL coach’s sit-down. The interview was part of a promotional tour for Belichick’s new book, “The Art of Winning — Lessons from My Life in Football.”
The viral moment sparked questions about Hudson’s involvement in both his personal and professional life and whether it could affect football operations.
North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi recently addressed the scrutiny and outside criticism that surrounded the program last season, defending the team’s response amid what he characterized as inaccurate accounts.
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“All during those stormy times, all during when the boat was getting capsized, when people were attacking us with fake rumors and fake stories all over — nobody’s corrected them yet, but that’s OK, we understand — our players hung together,” Lombardi told the “Pat McAfee Show” last week.
NFL legend sparks debate over tipping at self-service restaurants: ‘100% no tip’
As tipping prompts pop up everywhere — from coffee counters to convenience stores — many Americans are feeling fed up and confused about what’s appropriate. Now, even former NFL star J.J. Watt is weighing in.
Watt recently ignited debate on X after questioning whether to tip in a self-service scenario.
He asked followers what they would do in the following scenario: You order at a counter, find your own table, fill your own coffee and retrieve your own food when a buzzer goes off.
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But then you face an iPad screen prompting you to tip 20%, 25%, 30% or some other amount — with 20% preselected.
“What’s your move?” Watt asked.
The post from Wednesday quickly went viral.
It drew more than 15,000 comments and 4 million views — and reignited a national conversation about when tipping is warranted and when it’s not.
“I tip simply because I know that servers live in poverty,” one user told Watt.
The person added, “With your vast wealth, you should do so also.”
Watt, a former Houston Texans defensive end and three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, replied that he “obviously” tipped but added, “There are no servers in this situation, which is why I asked the question. It was fully self-service.”
The exchange reflects a broader cultural frustration. Nearly nine in 10 Americans believe tipping culture is “out of control,” while 83% support banning automatic service charges, according to a new WalletHub survey.
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That sentiment was echoed throughout the comments on X.
“I have long been a solid 20% or higher tipper, but this scenario creates a valid question,” one person said. “And it’s becoming more and more common.”
Many people were less open-minded.
“100% no tip. Ever,” one person wrote.
“You tip zero,” another added. “Anybody behind a counter is not your responsibility to pay. That’s on the company.”
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Etiquette experts say the key distinction at the heart of the debate is service versus transaction.
“Gratuity is tied to service,” said Lisa Mirza Grotts, a California-based etiquette expert and former director of protocol for San Francisco. “If no service is provided, no gratuity is expected, especially when everything is self-serve.”
Grotts said a digital tip prompt is not a “social obligation.”
“It’s simply a system asking a question,” she told Fox News Digital.
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But she acknowledged that, when it starts at 20%, it can be “intimidating.” She was shocked to get the prompt for simply buying a candy bar at a convenience store recently.
“Mandatory tipping both reflects and encourages the continuing rise of entitlement culture and the decline of meritocracy.”
“It’s out of control,” she said. “Tipping rewards service versus transactions. And ordering at a counter is nothing more than a transaction.”
The tension reflects shifting cultural norms, noted Yonason Goldson, Missouri-based director of Ethical Imperatives LLC.
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“The original concept of tipping was to reward good service,” Goldson told Fox News Digital. “Mandatory tipping both reflects and encourages the continuing rise of entitlement culture and the decline of meritocracy.”
He added that voluntary tipping can foster empathy — but forced tipping often breeds resentment.
“When I’m forced to tip, I feel resentful and diminished,” Goldson said. “But voluntary tipping … allows me an opportunity to feel empathy for employees and choose to support them.”
Many agreed that mandatory prompts have gotten out of hand.
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“In the situation above, a 10% tip is appropriate as no one served you,” one man commented on Watt’s post. “If they don’t let me change it, then it’s zero.”
Yet some social media users argue that tipping remains a moral choice, regardless of service.
“I tip well anyway. The service industry is hard work,” one commenter wrote on Watt’s post. “If you can afford it, generosity shouldn’t require exemplary service.”
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Others online took a middle-ground approach, suggesting smaller tips in self-service settings. “For these types of situations, I tip $1.00 regardless,” one person said.
Others said they opt for the custom option instead of preset percentages.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Watt’s representatives for comment.