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FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS - Narrative (Details)					12 Months Ended
	Jan. 02, 2026 USD ($)	Jun. 26, 2025 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2023 USD ($)	May 10, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 26, 2025 EUR (€)	Nov. 01, 2024 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt borrowings					$ 5,107,000,000	$ 4,841,000,000
Long-term debt issued and outstanding					$ 5,048,000,000	$ 4,784,000,000
Weighted average interest rate					7.70%	7.95%
Loss on extinguishment of debt					$ 6,000,000	$ 0	$ 0
XIIDRA Acquisition
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash consideration paid			$ 1,750,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum aggregate amount of loans outstanding of total commitments, percent					35.00%
Maximum first lien net leverage ratio					5.75
Minimum interest coverage ratio					5.50
May 2027 Term Facility | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, principal amount				$ 2,500,000,000
Term (in years)				5 years
Long-term debt borrowings					$ 0	2,437,000,000
Long-term debt issued and outstanding					0	2,410,000,000
May 2027 Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 500,000,000
May 2027 Revolving Credit Facility | Secured Debt | Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt borrowings					0	110,000,000
Long-term debt issued and outstanding					$ 0	110,000,000
May 2027 Revolving Credit Facility | Line of Credit | Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term (in years)				5 years
September 2028 Term Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term (in years)			5 years
Long-term debt borrowings			$ 500,000,000
Debt, interest rate					7.72%
September 2028 Term Facility | Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				3.00%
September 2028 Term Facility | Base Rate | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				1.00%
September 2028 Term Facility | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				4.00%
September 2028 Term Facility | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				0.00%
September 2028 Term Facility | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt borrowings					$ 489,000,000	494,000,000
Long-term debt issued and outstanding					483,000,000	486,000,000
Annual amortization rate				1.00%
Quarterly amortization payments				$ 5,000,000
Remaining quarterly amortization payments					13,000,000
September 2028 Term Facility | Secured Debt | Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual amortization rate	1.00%
Quarterly amortization payments	$ 28,000,000
May 2027 Incremental Term Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt borrowings									$ 400,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt					$ 6,000,000
First lien net leverage ratio, maximum, period one					5.25
First lien net leverage ratio, maximum, period two					5.00
May 2027 Incremental Term Facility | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt borrowings					$ 0	400,000,000
Long-term debt issued and outstanding					0	396,000,000
June 2030 Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt borrowings					100,000,000
Remaining borrowings					$ 664,000,000
Commitment fee percentage				0.25%
June 2030 Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | SOFR, EURIBOR, and SONIA Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				0.00%
June 2030 Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | SOFR, EURIBOR, and SONIA Rate | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				1.75%
Debt, interest rate					6.48%
June 2030 Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | SOFR, EURIBOR, and SONIA Rate | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				2.75%
Debt, interest rate					6.58%
June 2030 Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				1.00%
June 2030 Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | Base Rate | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				0.75%
June 2030 Revolving Credit Facility | Revolving Credit Facility | Base Rate | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				1.75%
June 2030 Revolving Credit Facility | Letter of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt issued and outstanding					$ 36,000,000
June 2030 Revolving Credit Facility | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt borrowings					100,000,000	0
Long-term debt issued and outstanding					$ 100,000,000	0
June 2030 Revolving Credit Facility | Line of Credit | Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 800,000,000
January 2031 Term Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, interest rate					7.97%
January 2031 Term Facility | Base Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				3.25%
January 2031 Term Facility | Base Rate | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				1.00%
January 2031 Term Facility | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				4.25%
January 2031 Term Facility | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate				0.00%
January 2031 Term Facility | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, principal amount		$ 2,325,000,000
Long-term debt borrowings					$ 2,313,000,000	0
Long-term debt issued and outstanding					2,282,000,000	0
Annual amortization rate				1.00%
Quarterly amortization payments				$ 23,000,000
Remaining quarterly amortization payments					116,000,000
January 2031 Term Facility | Secured Debt | Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, principal amount	$ 2,802,000,000
May 2027 Term Facility and September 2028 Term Facility | Secured Debt | Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of net cash proceeds of insurance and condemnation proceeds for property or asset losses				100.00%
Percentage of cash proceeds from incurrence of debt				100.00%
Percentage of annual excess cash flow				50.00%
Percentage of cash proceeds from asset sales outside the ordinary course of business payable as mandatory prepayments				100.00%
Senior Secured 8.375% Notes Due October 2028 | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, principal amount			$ 1,400,000,000
Debt, interest rate			8.375%
Redemption price percentage to change in control			101.00%
Redemption price, percentage			108.375%
Senior Secured 8.375% Notes Due October 2028 | Secured Debt | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage of principal amount redeemed			40.00%
January 2031 Secured Notes | Secured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, principal amount | €								€ 675,000,000
Long-term debt borrowings					793,000,000	0
Long-term debt issued and outstanding					$ 782,000,000	$ 0
Variable rate		3.875%
Debt, interest rate		5.87%						5.87%
Redemption price, percentage		101.00%
Floor		0.00%
January 2031 Secured Notes | Secured Debt | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price percentage to change in control		100.00%
January 2031 Secured Notes | Secured Debt | Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage		103.875%
January 2031 Secured Notes | Secured Debt | Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, redemption price, percentage of principal amount redeemed		40.00%
January 2031 Secured Notes | Secured Debt | Base Rate | Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate	2.75%
January 2031 Secured Notes | Secured Debt | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) | Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable rate	3.75%

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