WASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration on Saturday reversed some layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after hundreds of scientists received \u201cincorrect notifications\u201d that they were laid off during the government shutdown, according to an official familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe employees who received incorrect notifications were never separated from the agency and have all been notified that they are not subject to the reduction in force,\u201d the official told NBC News. \u201cThis was due to a glitch in the system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reversed layoffs, first reported by The New York Times, come just after the administration moved to lay off thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown, prompting backlash from critics who argue the layoffs are illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reduction-in-force moves are being challenged in court and mark the latest fallout from the government shutdown fight, which has stretched into its second week as lawmakers show no signs of moving closer to a deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some 1,100 to 1,200 employees at the Department of Health and Human Services were sent layoff notices on Friday. A Friday court filing indicated that more than 4,000 federal workers were laid off, though it is unclear how that number has changed after the administration moved to reverse certain CDC layoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
HHS and the Treasury Department originally accounted for more than half of the total layoffs, according to the court filing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vice President JD Vance addressed the reversed layoffs in an interview on CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace the Nation,\u201d saying that a \u201cgovernment shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are figuring out how to take money from some areas and give it to other areas,\u201d he said, going on to blame Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vance argued that layoffs were necessary to preserve critical government functions, adding that as that happens, \u201cyou\u2019re going to have some chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re going to lay off people, frankly, Margaret, that the White House doesn\u2019t want to lay off,\u201d he continued, addressing moderator Margaret Brennan. \u201cWe would like to reopen the government and ensure these essential services stay on, but unfortunately, in an environment where we\u2019re dealing with limited resources where the government is shut down, we\u2019ve got to move some things around. And in that moving things around, there is some chaos, there is some unpredictability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a separate interview on Fox News\u2019 \u201cSunday Morning Futures,\u201d Vance said that \u201cthe longer this goes on, the deeper the cuts are going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTo be clear, some of these cuts are going to be painful,\u201d he added. \u201cThis is not a situation that we relish. This is not something that we\u2019re looking forward to, but the Democrats have dealt us a pretty difficult set of cards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Democrats have continued pressing Republicans to negotiate over Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year, which would lead to higher premiums. Republicans are urging Democratic senators to flip their support to a clean short-term funding bill. Both Republican- and Democratic-led funding proposals have failed in the Senate numerous times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n