[3] In February 2010, Steinhauer moved to Washington D.C., to become a Congressional Reporter for The New York Times.
Until 2015, Steinhauer was married to fellow Times writer Ed Wyatt;[5][7] the couple have two daughters.
[10] Her marriage to Ed Wyatt was performed by Rabbi Judith Lewis In New York.
She has often tweeted the work of her Times colleague and cookbook co-author, Frank Bruni, who has published a number of pieces on the subject.
In 2006, Steinhauer won the Newswomen's Club of New York Front Page Deadline Reporting Award for her work on Hurricane Katrina.