Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, one member of his Cabinet was not in ...

As President Donald Trump began his State of the Union address in front of Congress on Tuesday, Feb. 24, one cabinet member was conspicuously missing from the proceedings at the Capitol. Doug Collins ...

During the annual State of the Union address where the president speaks to Congress, Supreme Court judges and other elected officials, the country's most powerful politicians are all together in one ...

A designated survivor is a government official chosen to ensure the presidential line of succession during major events. The designated survivor is kept in a secure, undisclosed location during events ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — When President Donald Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term Tuesday night, one of his Cabinet secretaries will be named the “designated survivor.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The president hasn’t announced who will sit out this year’s announcement. Typically, it is a cabinet secretary who is taken to a ...

A presidential State of the Union address is typically a can’t-miss event for members of Congress, however they might feel about the administration in power. But Rep. Mike Thompson, who represents ...

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 ...

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., has identified himself as one of the designated survivors ahead of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Designated survivors do not ...

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.