With members of the presidential line of succession in the Capitol for President Trump's speech to the joint session of ...

A government official is chosen as the designated survivor during high-profile political events to maintain the presidential ...

A top government official named designated survivor to preserve the presidential line of succession in the event of a ...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins is this year’s designated survivor, according to a White House official, retreating ...

The concept of a "designated survivor" has inspired intrigue and mystery for decades, even inspiring a TV show. But what does the role entail?

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

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins was appointed the Designated Survivor during President Donald Trump's State of ...

Doug Collins, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, is reportedly serving as the designated survivor during President Trump's ...

The so-called "designated survivor" is a person in the presidential line of succession that is intentionally not in ...

He or she will watch the speech from afar, representing the doomsday president in waiting, a title informally known as the "Designated Survivor." One person is selected to sit out high-profile ...

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