The Justice Department called prosecutor Dennis K. Burke’s actions related to the release of a memo about a federal agent involved in the “Fast and Furious” investigation “particularly egregious.”    

It's accused of being both too tough and too lax.

A powerful tornado leveled homes and businesses in and around Oklahoma City on Monday. Preliminary analysis of the storm track showed it touched down at 2:56 p.m. and traveled about 20 miles in 40 minutes.    

At the POLITICO tech event, leaders offer analysis on how social media has shaped recent elections.

He beats back an effort to force him to give up his role as chairman of the nation's largest bank.

Tesla CEO is expected to use the potentially $1 billion windfall from a new stock offering to pay off DOE loans.

The ECB should consider adopting the Federal Reserve's asset purchase strategy, a Fed member says in Germany.

The aftermath: Parents screamed for their missing children. Kids cried for their parents. Joy even amid devastation.

As rescue workers searched for survivors from the tornado in Oklahoma, residents began trying to come to grips with what happened, and the uncertain path forward.    

Fannie Mae common shares have soared, but there may not be a happy ending for investors.

A shareholder proposal to sever the roles of chairman and CEO at JPMorgan appears to have been defeated.

"I would have advised against doing that," the Treasury secretary says.

Apple's CEO is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company evades billions of dollars in U.S. taxes.

Police say a man they believe abducted two girls from a bus stop in central Iowa has been found dead, and one of the girls remains missing.

Authorities say the body of 42-year-old Michael Klunder was found Monday night at a rural property in northeast Dayton. His cause of death has not been released.

Police continue to search Tuesday for 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard. She and a 12-year-old girl were taken from a Dayton bus stop Monday. Police say they believe Klunder lured the girls into his truck under false pretenses.

The 12-year-old later escaped and was found when she walked out of woods near a farmhouse in Boone County.

Federal, state and local law enforcement as well as volunteers are now searching for the 15-year-old.

Two economists have decided to put their money where their mouth is, betting on whether inflation will rise once the U.K. economy recovers.

Tumblr will remain independent, even under Yahoo's ownership, CEO Marissa Mayer tells CNBC.

Prosecutors say they have agreed to charge the Army private who released more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to the WikiLeaks site with a lesser offense on one of the 22 counts against him.

Maj. Ashden Fein said Tuesday that prosecutors had changed their minds about charging Pfc. Bradley Manning with violation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in connection with the release of a cable known as Reykjivik-13. Wikileaks posted a cable in 2010 about a meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, summarizing U.S. Embassy discussions with Icelandic officials about the country's financial troubles.

Fein did not give a reason for the change.

The pretrial hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning that began Tuesday at Fort Meade concerns classified material that would be used as evidence during the trial, which starts June 3.

Lizz Winstead apologizes for a tweet about the tornado that has ravaged parts of Oklahoma.

The investigative reporter says her personal and work computers are under investigation.