Report: White House Communications Director to Step Down

By: E&P Staff White House Communications Director Anita Dunn reportedly will step down from her post at the end of the month and her deputy, Dan Pfeiffer, will take over, according to the Washington Post's "The Fix" blog.

Dunn, a Democratic consultant, took the post on an interim basis earlier this year when Ellen Moran left the post to take a job at the Commerce Department, The Fix reports. It adds that Dunn will return to Squier Knapp Dunn, the consulting firm where she is a partner, but will remain as a White House consultant.

A formal announcement is expected later today.