Plus, robots for rent. 

On Today’s Episode: 

White House Says New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, but She Refuses to Leave, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Apoorva Mandavilli and Christina Jewett

Minneapolis Suspect Knew Her Target, but Motive Is a Mystery, by Talya Minsberg, Amy Harmon and Aric Toler

Israel’s Exhausted Soldiers Complicate Plans for Gaza Assault, by Aaron Boxerman

Rented Robots Get the Worst Jobs and Help Factories Keep the Humans, by Farah Stockman

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