INCOME TAXES (Details - Reconciliation between actual income tax (benefit) expense and statutory U.S. federal amount computed by applying the federal income tax rate) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Reconciliation between actual income tax (benefit) expense and statutory U.S. federal amount computed by applying the federal income tax rate, pre-tax income (loss)
Consolidated total amounts	$ 12,099	$ (7,288)	$ 5,336
Amounts attributable to discontinued operations	0	5	49
Income from continuing operations before income tax expense	12,099	(7,293)	5,287
Reconciliation between actual income tax (benefit) expense and statutory U.S. federal amount computed by applying the federal income tax rate, tax expense/benefit
U.S. federal income tax at statutory rate	2,540	(1,531)	1,120
Consolidated total amounts	2,176	(1,459)	1,167
Amounts attributable to discontinued operations	0	1	1
Income tax expense (benefit)	2,176	(1,460)	1,166
Adjustments:
Tax exempt interest	(18)	(19)	(25)
Uncertain tax positions	(9)	165	258
Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income	(109)	(101)	(113)
Tax exempt income	55	58	65
Dispositions of Subsidiaries	11	180	21
Non-controlling Interest	(97)	(12)	(5)
Non-deductible transfer pricing charges	16	11	15
Dividends received deduction	(37)	(39)	(40)
Effect of foreign operations	134	76	82
Share-based compensation payments excess tax effect	16	35	27
State income taxes	37	15	13
Expiration of tax attribute carryforwards	16	221	0
Tax audit resolution	(935)	(379)	0
Other	(107)	(16)	(134)
Effect of discontinued operations	0	0	(8)
Valuation allowance
Continuing operations	$ 718	$ (65)	$ (44)
Reconciliation between actual income tax (benefit) expense and statutory U.S. federal amount computed by applying the federal income tax rate, percentage of pre-tax income (loss)
U.S. federal income tax at statutory rate (as a percent)	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Consolidated total amounts (as a percent)	18.00%	20.00%	21.90%
Amounts attributable to discontinued operations (as a percent)	0.00%	20.00%	2.00%
Adjustments:
Amounts attributable to continuing operations (as a percent)	18.00%	20.00%	22.10%
Tax exempt interest (as a percent)	(0.10%)	0.30%	(0.50%)
Uncertain Tax Positions (as a percent)	(0.10%)	(2.30%)	4.80%
Reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income (as a percent)	(0.90%)	1.40%	(2.10%)
Dispositions of Subsidiaries (as a percent)	0.10%	(2.50%)	0.40%
Non-controlling interest (as a percent)	(0.80%)	0.20%	(0.10%)
Non-deductible transfer pricing charges (as a percent)	0.10%	(0.20%)	0.30%
Dividends received deduction (as a percent)	(0.30%)	0.50%	(0.70%)
Effect of foreign operations (as a percent)	1.10%	(1.00%)	1.50%
Share-based compensation payments excess tax deduction (as a percent)	0.10%	(0.50%)	0.50%
State income taxes (as a percent)	0.30%	(0.20%)	0.20%
Tax audit resolution	(7.60%)	5.20%	0.00%
Expiration of tax attribute carryforward (as a percent)	0.10%	(3.00%)	0.00%
Other (as a percent)	(0.90%)	0.20%	(2.50%)
Effect of discontinued operations (as a percent)	0.00%	0.00%	(0.10%)
Income Tax (as a percent):
Continuing operations (as a percent)	5.90%	0.90%	(0.80%)
Charges related to accrual of income tax interest		$ 67	$ 96
Net charge related to accrual of IRS interest, tax expense reported in uncertain tax positions		139	207
Net charge related to accrual of IRS interest, tax benefit reported in other		$ 72	(111)
Tax charges and related interest from increase in uncertain tax positions from local and state			$ 37