While President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of United States Congress during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night (local time), one key official, the designated survivor, was not ...

(NewsNation) — One member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet will not be present for the State of the Union speech Tuesday evening. The Cabinet member who fills this role is usually nowhere near the ...

WASHINGTON — They typically start the day as low-profile Cabinet secretaries. They end it that way, too, God willing. But when the rest of the government is gathered together for a big event, like ...

One chair inside the U.S. Capitol will be empty on Tuesday night at President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address. The cabinet member who typically occupies it will be nowhere near ...

To ensure continuity of the U.S. government in the case of a catastrophic event, a designated survivor is chosen from among the presidential line of succession. The idea of a designated survivor was ...

Politico is reporting the 2026 designated survivor appears to be Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins. Collins was also the designated survivor last year during Trump’s address to Congress.

(NewsNation) — One member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet was not present for the State of the Union speech Tuesday evening. The Cabinet member who fills this role is usually nowhere near the U.S.