Symone Sanders, Kamala Harris’s chief spokesperson, to leave office – report

Departure is second high-profile exit in two weeks after resignation of vice-president's communications director

Symone Sanders, chief spokesperson and a senior adviser to Kamala Harris, is to leave the White House at the end of the year, Politico has reported, renewing speculation of chaos and dysfunction within the vice-president's office.

The departure of Sanders is the second high-profile exit from Harris's staff within two weeks, following the resignation of communications director Ashley Etienne.