Brit Hume stepping down from Fox News.

The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz reports that at the end of the year, Fox News’s top anchor, Brit Hume, will step down from his roles as the network’s Washington managing editor and the host of “Special Report.” According to Kurtz’s sources, Hume will continue at the network in a senior statesman role similar to Tom Brokaw at NBC News. He will also continue as as a panelist on “Fox News Sunday.” No replacement has been announced.