The health and human services secretary is under fire for problems with rollout of healthcare website.
The White House is considering ending eavesdropping on friendly foreign leaders, a senior administration official said.
Official Capitol Hill negotiations start next week; party leaders tamping down expectations.
Move follows allegations that American intelligence may have targeted Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone.
Executives of the firm that built the HealthCare.gov site will testify before a House committee.
President will visit half a dozen states or more in furious drive to bolster his party in midterm elections.
They rewrote computer code to meet last-minute requests for changes from the government.
French president's gov't expressed outrage at reports U.S. collected millions of its citizens' phone records.
Hit rock bottom two years ago, in part over raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
Expected to acknowledge that widespread problems with health care law's rollout are unacceptable.