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 ...

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 ...

Trump to deliver first address of his second term. President Donald Trump is set to address a joint session of Congress on ...

to preserve the Constitutional line of succession to the presidency in the event of a cataclysmic event. When government ...

Being the actual designated survivor brings extra adrenaline jolts and humbling thoughts about being unwittingly catapulted ...

Northern California Rep. Mike Thompson has been selected by House Democrats as their "designated survivor" ahead of President ...

Any time all three branches of government are at the same place at the same time, a 'designated survivor' stays away to ...

The President of the United States will deliver a meeting for both Houses of Congress tonight, but Trump will excuse the ...

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

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