The U.S. Department of Justice says it is investigating a group of protesters in Minnesota who disrupted services at a church where a local official with U.S.

Twin Cities journalist Georgia Fort, indicted on federal charges after last month's protest inside St. Paul's Cities Church, entered a not guilty plea on Tuesday.

The announcement followed earlier federal actions stemming from the January 18 disruption at Cities Church.

GOP leaders are mulling efforts to increase penalties on protesters disrupting church services, in direct response to the ...