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.
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 ...
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.