WordPress Dashboard broken after latest update

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Hoping I can get some help troubleshooting and fixing this issue. I installed Newspaper version 7.1.1 and shortly after I noticed the WordPress dashboard was no longer loading correctly. It basically isn’t loading JS and CSS properly any more.

Screenshot: https://gyazo.com/7e11f1966ce4272e8dadf4b7b6d6658b

This only happens if I have Newspaper active. If I switch the theme to 2015, the dashboard displays correctly.

I have tried clearing my cache, rolling back to earlier versions of the theme, disabling ALL plugins, and disabling PageSpeed. None of these fixed the issue.

However, if I add define('SCRIPT_DEBUG', true); to my wp-config, the dashboard will display correctly.

Any ideas on what is wrong and how I can fix this issue?

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I’m also getting this error when I look at the dev tools in Chrome:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL

/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=1&load%5B%5D=hoverIntent,common,admin-bar,thickbox,jquery-ui-tabs,mediaelement,wp-mediaelement,wp-ajax-response,jquery-color,wp-lists,quickta&load%5B%5D=gs,jquery-query,admin-comments,dashboard,underscore,customize-base,customize-loader,plugin-install,shortcode,media-upload,svg-pa&load%5B%5D=inter,heartbeat,wp-auth-check,wp-a11y,wplink,jquery-ui-position,jquery-ui-menu,jquery-ui-autocomplete&ver=4.5.2

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Hi,
You may have an incompatible plugin that causes this or maybe the theme update did not go as planned. The best thing to do is delete your theme and install it again fresh via ftp: https://forum.tagdiv.com/install-via-ftp/ and rename the plugins directory of wordpress. This way only the theme will be active with no plugins. Test it out and see if the dashboard displays the same. If the problem is not there anymore, you can redo the plugin folder name and see if there is a plugin that causes this issue.(also clear any cache you might have on browser, host or cdn)
Let us know how it goes.
Thank you!

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