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‘Growth of the Soil’ Review: Norway’s Oscar Entry Is a Robustly Classical, Weatherbeaten Rural Epic

The wind deserves above-the-title billing in “Growth of the Soil” — even in the most serene scenes of Hans Petter Moland’s muscular period epic, you can hear it rattling and wheezing and moaning away in the background, or at the very least, you think you can. The elements are crucial characters in this saga of […]

‘Growth of the Soil’ Review: Norway’s Oscar Entry Is a Robustly Classical, Weatherbeaten Rural Epic

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Mike Johnson Can’t Protect Pete Hegseth Forever

Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that he would send Congress home early for its seven-week campaigning recess ahead of November’s midterm elections.

  • Congress to recess early for seven weeks before midterm elections
  • Rep. Thomas Massie introduces impeachment articles against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
  • Johnson dismisses impeachment as publicity stunt, prioritizes constituent campaigning

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