Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of all probationary employees.

By Andrea Shalal, Leah Douglas, Ahmed Aboulenein and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Almost half of the probationary workers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others at the National Institutes of Health are being forced out as President Donald Trump overhauls government agencies,

Sources from NASA told ABC News that the organization was hit with layoffs as the Trump administration continues reeling back government spending.