Windows 10: Start menu has weird-overlapping UI since May update

Hi!

Ever since I installed the 2020 May update a few days ago, my start menu is looking pretty weird.

The below screenshot illustrates how my start menu looks when I open it up. I do not press any buttons, I do not start typing. It just looks like this, initially.

It's like the two UIs (Start Menu and Search) are overlapping each other. If I click on the power button, the context menu opens up below the Search UI, so it's barely visible and almost unusable. The rest of the Start Menu is completely out-of-reach and inaccessible.

Do you have any ideas on how to fix this issue?

Start Menu, right after opening it

After clicking the Power button, the context menu and the tool-tip are both covered by the Search interface

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