The Morning Wrap

March Agenda: Congress doesn't intend to reverse across-the-board spending cuts that took effect Friday, The Washington Post reports. But it is hoping to avert a government shutdown that could happen by the end of the month.

Wiping Away: U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Francisco on Friday took away roughly $450 million of the $1.05 billion in damages a jury awarded last August to Apple Inc. in its smartphone patent war against Samsung Electronics Co., The Recorder reports. The award stood as one of the largest ever in a patent infringement case.

OMB Chief: President Barack Obama will tap Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the next director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Politico reports. Burwell is the president of the Walmart Foundation.

Romney Interview: In his first post-election interview, 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Sunday told Fox News he isn't interested in running for elected office again, but vowed to remain a force in U.S. politics. “I lost and so I'm not going to be telling the Republican Party, ‘Come listen to me, the guy who lost,’ ” Romney said. “I'm not going to disappear. … I care about America. I care about the people that can't find jobs. I care about the fact that we're racking up larger deficits and putting the peril of the future generation very much in play.”

Calling Kim: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would like a call from President Barack Obama, former NBA star Dennis Rodman told ABC News on Sunday after returning from a trip to the country. "He asked me to give Obama something to say and do one thing. He wants Obama to do one thing, call him," Rodman said.