The designated survivor for a president's address to Congress starts the day as a Cabinet secretary and ends it that way, too ...

Veteran Affairs Secretary Doug Collins served as the designated survivor during President Donald Trump’s address to a joint ...

The tradition calls for a member of the president's cabinet to be absent from speeches to joint sessions of Congress to ensure the line of succession stays alive.

In “Raven Rock,” Graff details how the designated survivor concept was formalized by the Carter and Reagan administrations ...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins is this year’s designated survivor, according to a White House official, retreating from Washington to an undisclosed location during President Donald Trump’s ...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, a former Georgia congressman, was the designated survivor for President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.

Who is a designated survivor? How is he or she chosen and when can he or she replace the US president? Here's all you need to ...

But, when the rest of the government is gathered together for a big event, like President Donald Trump 's joint congressional ...