Almost 31 million returns are being held for manual review, delaying refunds. “I depend on that money,” one taxpayer says. Source

House Republicans voted on Wednesday to remove Congresswoman Liz Cheney from her leadership position. Cheney faced backlash in the party for her criticism of former President Trump. CBS News congressional correspondent Kris Van Cleave, CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe and CBS News congressional reporter Rebecca Kaplan join CBSN’s Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green with details. Source

The average refund is almost $3,000, but more taxpayers are facing delays this year due to IRS staffing and tax code changes. Source

Frank Oz has been bringing some of our favorite characters to life for more than 50 years from Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear of “The Muppets” to “Sesame Street’s” Grover and Cookie Monster. Starting out as a puppeteer with Jim Henson in the 1960s, Oz was a driving force in the long-lasting success of “The Muppets.” In his documentary “Muppet Guys Talking”, Oz recruits four of his closest colleagues to discuss what made their work so special. Source

Massachusetts police have made an arrest in the burglary at the home of New England Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski. Gronkowski’s home in Foxborough was burglarized in February while his team was in Minnesota to play against the Philadelphia Eagles. Foxborough police charged 31-year-old Anthony Almeida on Friday. Source

The fatal police shooting death of unarmed Stephon Clark in Sacramento, California has led to two days of protests with demonstrators demanding answers. Recent stories in The Washington Post have discussed whether the lawmakers have turned a blind eye to policies that could help to stop shooting deaths of unarmed Americans by police. Retired NYPD detective and director of the Black Law Enforcement Alliance Marq Claxton joins CBSN to discuss the issue. Source

Audrey Nicole Francisquini put on a backpack, grabbed a skateboard and went to her local high school with one goal in mind: Gain Instagram followers. Source

Israel is pounding Gaza with airstrikes as Palestinian militants send a barrage of rockets the other way. 48 Palestinians and 6 Israelis have reportedly been killed. Source

In an essay in the Washington Post published Friday, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe writes that President Trump engaged in a “very public and extended humiliation” of McCabe and his family. Hunter Walker of Yahoo News tells CBSN that the firing of McCabe marks an escalation in President Trump’s tensions with the justice and intelligence communities. Source

“When you’re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged – and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore,” DeGeneres said. Source