Income taxes.

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to increase (decrease) in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate.

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-Section 50
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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective tax rate	(2.00%)	(0.80%)	(2.50%)	1.60%
Discrete tax benefit related to release of valuation allowance			$ 1.1
Net unrecognized tax benefits which would impact effective tax rate if recognized	$ 4.5		$ 4.5
Minimum \| Subsidiaries
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective tax rate			0.00%
Maximum \| Subsidiaries
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective tax rate			35.00%