Former Republican President Donald Trump and current Democratic President Joe Biden won their respective party primaries on Tuesday. And Minnesota 3rd District DFL Rep. Dean Phillips struggled to gain support in his home state during Super Tuesday voting.

In other news, Minneapolis is hosting the women's Big Ten college basketball tournament, which gets underway Wednesday at Target Center. The biggest attraction is Caitlin Clark of the Iowa Hawkeyes, who earlier this week became the career scoring leader among all major college basketball players.

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