The Veterans Affairs secretary is 17th in the presidential line of succession, which was outlined in 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 ...

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

The U.S. Constitution and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 outline the presidential order of succession. The line of succession of cabinet officers is in the order of their agencies ...

per the Constitution and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947. Previous designated survivors have said they were informed of their role days or weeks before the event was to take place.

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

but the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 set the modern line of succession if something should happen to the president and he or she cannot undertake his or her duties. First in line for the ...