Like many Democrats, Thompson and Huffman were aghast at much of Trump’s message, which generally sounded more like a ...

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

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.

For a brief period, while the rest of the government is gathered together, a designated survivor is kept away to ensure ...

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

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.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins was named as the designated survivor for US President Donald Trump's 2025 joint ...

WASHINGTON — Veteran Affairs Secretary Doug Collins served as the designated survivor during President Donald Trump’s address ...

former Georgia congressman Doug Collins now has additional roles on his plate. In executive orders issued Monday night, President Donald Trump designated VA Sec. Collins the new acting leader of ...

WASHINGTON – The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Doug Collins as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he has pledged to cut red tape and get veterans the health care they need.

Doug Collins, President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, appears at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, at the Capitol in ...