(Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post… Congress gave $25 million to help the Kennedy Center weather the coronavirus. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is dramatically increasing the amount it's spending to combat the coronavirus, pledging up to $100 million to help contain the outbreak. It offers paid family leave, but only to parents who are home with kids due to school closure.

Applicants have faced tech problems, rigorous criteria and, in some cases, banks that have already run out of money to give. Now some politicians want it back.

Companies with fewer than 50 workers can apply for hardship … The bill also includes carve-outs for many businesses, too.

Providing Americans with steady monthly income was debated before the coronavirus pandemic.

Outside the Kennedy Center in August 2019. The bill now provides only 10 days of sick leave to workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The bill doesn’t address some of the broad societal changes that advocates have argued are necessary to stem the spread of the coronavirus, like expanded access to healthcare. Experts say one Senate proposal should be judged by how well it would get money to those who need it. Companies with more than 500 employees are exempt from the bill’s paid leave provisions.

Trump businesses barred from getting coronavirus stimulus money, Schumer says Published Wed, Mar 25 2020 6:58 AM EDT Updated Wed, Mar 25 2020 10:09 AM EDT Mike Calia

Amid the confusion, desperate business owners are turning to another Small Business Administration initiative in hopes of getting cash fast: …