The right dials up the heat on Donald Trump as he continues to make potentially incriminating statements. Republicans inch closer to a government shutdown. Mitt Romney takes his Senate exit stage left. Then, Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin joins the show to discuss the United Auto Workers’ strike and her campaign for Senate. And Lauren Boebert is on an “apology tour” after the groping and vaping episode that got her booted from a performance of “Beetlejuice.”

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SHOW NOTES:

• NBCNEWS: Here are 11 top moments from Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ interview
• ABC: Trump calls DeSantis abortion ban ‘a terrible mistake,’ sparking anger from some key Republicans
• Politico: Trump moves to put the nail in DeSantis’ campaign coffin
• CNBC: Stellantis could close 18 facilities under UAW deal — here are the full details of its latest offer
• NYT: Little Progress in Talks to End Strike Against 3 Detroit Automakers
• Playbook: Another doomed GOP spending plan collapses
• AP News: Speaker McCarthy running out of options to stop a shutdown as conservatives balk at new plan
• NBC News: House Republicans release short-term bill to avert government shutdown until Oct. 31
• NYT: Romney to Retire, Calling For a ‘New Generation’ Beyond Biden and Trump
• WaPo: Mitt Romney says he will not seek a second term in the Senate
• Atlantic: What Mitt Romney Saw In The Senate 
• NBCNews: Lauren Boebert was escorted out of ‘Beetlejuice’ show in Denver for allegedly ‘causing a disturbance’ 
• 9News: Lauren Boebert wasn’t telling the truth about ‘Beetlejuice’ ejection
• Colorado Sun: “I simply fell short of my values”: Lauren Boebert issues apology after being removed from “Beetlejuice” performance 
• WaPo: Boebert apologizes for vaping and disrupting ‘Beetlejuice’ musical
• Guardian: Lauren Boebert apologizes again for ‘maybe overtly animated’ behavior at theater
• NBCNews: Full Trump Interview: ‘I don’t consider us to have much of a democracy right now’