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Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - USD ($) | 6 Months Ended |  |
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Jun. 30, 2026 | Jun. 30, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2024
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current | $ 37,000,000 |  | $ 39,000,000 |
Accounts and Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss | 83,000,000 | $ 98,000,000 | 83,000,000 | $ 96,000,000
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease) | 24,000,000 | 29,000,000 |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff | (23,000,000) | (25,000,000) |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery | (1,000,000) | (1,000,000) |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Foreign Currency Translation |  | (1,000,000) |  |
Accounts Receivable |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current | 37,000,000 | 54,000,000 | 39,000,000 | 52,000,000
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease) | 21,000,000 | 27,000,000 |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff | (23,000,000) | (25,000,000) |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery | 0 | 0 |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Foreign Currency Translation |  | 0 |  |
Other Entity [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current | 6,000,000 | 7,000,000 | 6,000,000 | 29,000,000
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, reclassification |  | (21,000,000) |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease) | 0 | 0 |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff | 0 | 0 |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery | 0 | 0 |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Foreign Currency Translation |  | (1,000,000) |  |
Financing Receivable |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current | 40,000,000 | 37,000,000 | $ 38,000,000 | $ 15,000,000
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, reclassification |  | 21,000,000 |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease) | 3,000,000 | 2,000,000 |  |
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff | 0 | 0 |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery | $ (1,000,000) | (1,000,000) |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Foreign Currency Translation |  | $ 0 |  |

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- Definition Amount of direct write-downs of accounts receivable charged against the allowance. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 13 -Subparagraph (d) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147479319/326-20-50-13 + Details
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