Van Jones applauded President Trump for his appointment of Alice Johnson, a formerly incarcerated Black woman, to serve as ...

Trump hand-picked Alice Johnson, the 69-year-old grandmother he granted clemency for long-ago drug offenses during his first term.

Appointed by President Donald Trump, Alice Marie Johnson said she will step down from her position as CEO of her Memphis-based nonprofit, Taking Action For Good, in her new role as 'pardon czar'.

Johnson, now 69, was facing life in prison without the possibility of parole for being a first-time nonviolent drug offender.

Pope Francis, 88, has pneumonia in both lungs and remains in critical condition despite showing a slight improvement after 11 ...