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One of the most important things you can do when it comes to securing your financial future is to consistently live below your means. Once you've done that, however, the next step is to take any leftover cash -- whether it's a few dollars or a few hundred dollars -- and put it to work.

Russia faces the specter of a full-blown financial meltdown. Punishing sanctions leveled by the West have sent the ruble crashing to record lows, shuttered Moscow's stock market and made Russian assets toxic on the world stage.

A global hunt for spare barrels of crude is underway as sanctions slam Russia, the world's second largest exporter, following its invasion of Ukraine.

Switzerland, a major hub for storing wealth that is popular with Russian oligarchs, is breaking with its tradition of neutrality to sanction Russia.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is receiving another major endorsement from a prominent Republican on Tuesday, this time a lawyer who represented President Donald Trump's former White House counsel, Donald McGahn, among other former Trump White House officials.

A woman behind the counter at the McDonald's in southwest Ohio showed Rep. Tim Ryan the math she was trying to work out last week: filling up her tank would be $20 cheaper in West Virginia, but would that cost less than the gas she'd use on the drive there and back? And what about her shifts, or taking care of her three kids?

Cryptocurrency prices are climbing after Russia's ruble sank to another record low and Moscow was hit with new sanctions.

A former Delaware officer seen on surveillance footage appearing to slam a suspect's head against plexiglass has been indicted on multiple charges, including two felonies, officials announced Monday.